A real post-angioplasty recovery story showing how integrated cardiac care and lifestyle changes supported heart health.

Some may have higher hopes than warranted for the procedure, doctors warn. Sept. 7, 2010— -- What doctors say and what patients hear are often quite different, especially when patients are facing ...

Each year, doctors snake catheters through the circulatory systems of about 600,000 Americans and open obstructed arteries in their hearts. But a growing number of cardiologists harbor a heretical ...

A few years ago, an acute heart attack victim coming to an emergency room, including at ISJ, would have an EKG done, the emergency room doctor would call in a cardiologist to diagnose the problem, and ...

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital now gives patients having a heart attack artery-clearing angioplasty initially, rather than clot-busting drugs, under a new program aimed at saving more lives.

Within eight months, Marjorie McLaren, 62, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, underwent two cardiac catheterizations. Last May, she had emergency angioplasty at a local hospital. Then, in January, she had an ...

Two new studies could change care for hundreds of thousands of heart patients each year. One finds that bypass surgery has been overrated for many people with very weak hearts from clogged arteries ...

Hearing the names of heart diseases makes one feel scared. In case of blockage in the heart, doctors do different medical treatments. Some people are given only medicines, which can remove the ...

Medically reviewed by David Hampton, MD Key Takeaways Balloon angioplasty is used to widen blocked or narrow blood vessels.It ...