flexible tube (catheter) to reach the affected pulmonary artery and dissolve or break up the blood clot. During this ...

Pulmonary angiogram. In this test, a thin tube is placed in an artery, usually through your groin. The tube -- called a catheter -- is threaded up into your pulmonary arteries. A special dye is ...

Catheterization is particularly useful in the diagnosis of occult systemic to pulmonary shunts, congenital heart disease, and distal pulmonary artery stenosis.

Cardiac catheterization and cineangiography defined the basis for the murmurs and thrills and the x-ray findings of an unusually enlarged main pulmonary-artery segment in most patients.

Retrograde catheterization showed a pulmonary-capillary-left-ventricle ... Note the visualization of the right coronary artery anteriorly. Figure 5 shows the roentgenogram of the left ventricle ...

Babies born with a narrowed blood vessel now have a device specifically designed for them, thanks to research conducted at ...

Experts call it "economy class syndrome" — but it can happen to anyone in any class of an airplane.Deep vein thrombosis, or ...

Pulmonary Hypertension Right Heart Catheterization Service (Pulmonary Hypertension Program) Fellows gain procedural expertise in performing right heart catheterization, with and without vasodilator ...

Medtronic plc (MDT) announced that clinical study results demonstrated a high rate of durable lesion formation using the PulseSelect ...

VIENNA — The optimal course of treatment when managing acute, high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a contentious topic among respiratory specialists. Systemic thrombolysis, specifically ...

A new generation of catheters with a longer balloon, longer working length, and more pulses to manage calcified peripheral ...

These treatment options are listed as follows: Balloon angioplasty. During this procedure, your doctor places a tiny, soft plastic tube called a catheter into the artery, usually in the groin, and ...