image: Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in ...

A doctor has performed a still-new procedure on a patient of the Queens Long Island Medical Group using catheters as an alternative to open heart surgery. Dr. Avini Thakore, director of cardiology for ...

McLaren Greater Lansing’s Electrophysiology Lab has reached a new milestone of 100 Catheter Ablations for atrial fibrillation (AFib) over a period of eight months. Catheter Ablations are a treatment ...

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- "As a retired nurse, I realized that most urinary catheters on the market have tubes that must be forced into the patient's body," said an inventor from ...

Vivian Valentine, 94, had a weakened aortic valve known as aortic stenosis. Her heart couldn't move blood properly through her body. The conventional treatment: open heart surgery to replace the valve ...

Surgeon manipulating a flexible catheter into patient during surgery. It’s common for the elderly to experience aortic stenosis, a hardening or narrowing of the aortic heart valve. Open heart ...

It’s a phrase most healthcare professionals know best as a five-letter acronym — CAUTI — and it’s one of the most common, costly and preventable challenges long-term care providers face.

The risks of indwelling catheters include catheter-associated urinary tract infections, bacteraemia and increased mortality. In 2014, an acute trust implemented a project aimed at promoting the use of ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Kenneth Peters, chair of the department of urology at ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can safely be used in heart catheter procedures, offering a radiation-free alternative to certain X-ray-guided procedures, according to the U.S. National Institutes of ...

Medtronic plc MDT recently presented positive clinical trial safety and efficacy results for Sphere-360 -- an investigational single-shot mapping and ablation catheter using pulsed field (PF) energy ...