Angioplasty is one of the most common medical procedures in the U.S.; in 2006 more than 1.3 million were done. But recent studies have cast doubt on its benefits. Now CBS News medical correspondent Dr ...

Coronary angiogram, also called cardiac catheteristion is increasingly performed now a days. It is done when people experience symptoms of coronary artery disease, such as — chest pain (called angina) ...

Medications, fasting, diet and the procedure -- here's everything you need to know about before going for an angiography and angioplasty. If you have chest pain, difficulty in breathing or feeling of ...

Heart ailments are on the rise. With winter approaching, the risk to develop cardiovascular disturbances also increases manifold. The reason might be both physiological changes like overall increased ...

One-year success rates from angioplasty procedures to open clogged arteries in the legs were significantly higher among patients whose procedures were guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) ...

I discussed symptoms with my physician and he immediately gave me an ECG, then I had to do a stress-test on the treadmill. After this test he gave me another ECG. He said that there were abnormalities ...

Almost 30% heart patients may not require angioplasty and there is technology to determine if a person who has undergone angiogram needs angioplasty. But over 50% cath labs in state lack this facility ...

Over the last few decades, improvements in equipment, stents, procedures, and pharmaceutical therapy have greatly improved short- and long-term clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary ...

In Panel A, a lateral angiogram of the left vertebral artery shows a high-grade (atherosclerotic) stenosis proximal to the origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery and delayed filling of the ...

Trichy: The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Government Hospital has treated 50 patients with heart conditions since the cath lab at the hospital started functioning. Hospital administration said at a ...