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Two Marietta doctors performed their 100th TAVR procedure
TAVR stands for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. The heart has four valves that makes sure the blood goes in the right direction. Over time, the valves start to wear out, b ...
The New England Journal of Medicine1mon
Hemodynamics in the Cirrhotic Patient during Paracentesis
A No. 18 Cournand needle or a short yellow Kifa catheter was introduced percutaneously into the right femoral artery. The latter was used as a sampling site for the cardiac outputs and for ...
Medscape3mon
Femoral vs. Jugular Venous Catheterization and Risk of Nosocomial Events in Adults Requiring Acute Renal Replacement Therapy (Cathedia Study)
Anthony A. Bavry, M.D., M.P.H. Intensive care unit patients who required acute renal replacement therapy were randomized to catheterization in the jugular vein (n = 375) or the femoral vein (n = 375).
St. David's is first in the U.S. to use new dual energy catheter for AFib, heart flutters
St. David's in Austin is the first in country to use new dual catheter to fix heart flutter and AFib at the same time.
Baylor College of Medicine4y
Peripheral Artery Bypass
If you have hardening of the arteries in your legs, you most likely will have it in the arteries of your heart and ... the affected leg artery or arteries. Surgeries include: Aortobifemoral ...
Medscape3mon
Complications of Diagnostic Arteriography Performed by a Vascular Surgeon in a Recent Series of 558 Patients
The mean amount of contrast was 97 cc (range 6-350 cc), and the mean catheterization time (the ... arteriovenous malformations). The right femoral artery access was used in 68%, the left femoral ...
Nature6mon
Coronary artery disease: blood flow measurement refines clinical decision-making
These measurements provide insights into total blood flow through the heart tissue. Understanding myocardial blood flow (MBF) has become increasingly crucial in managing coronary artery disease (CAD).