Hudson Regional Hospital announced Jan. 9 that its Cardiac Catheterization Lab earned New State Department of Health approval for a diagnostic tool used to identify and treat patients with chest pain.

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A heart attack survivor is teaming up with Mercy Hospital in Janesville to help the community recognize the signs of a heart attack. Mercy Health System recently received accreditation as a certified ...

Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital has been granted state approval to perform ST-elevation myocardial infarction interventions, according to a Beaufort Gazette report. Clinicians that will be involved ...

The risk of dying over the next decade for STEMI patients who survive the first 90 days after primary PCI is just a few percentage points higher than people in the general population, an observational ...

Coronary no-reflow phenomenon (NRP), a common adverse complication in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), is ...

A new study from Denmark conducted over a 16-year period shows a 30% reduction in the 1-year mortality rate following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial ...

Local health systems are investing heavily in cardiac catheterization laboratories as heart failures are expected to balloon in the coming years. According to the American Heart Association, as of ...

The current door-to-balloon time guideline for ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients from the American Heart Association is 90 minutes or less. Many hospitals around the country have taken steps ...

CHICAGO -- Periprocedural anticoagulation with bivalirudin (Angiomax) for a radial-first approach to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) improved mortality and bleeding risk compared with ...

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