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Tag: Cardiac Catherization Lab
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Is First to Use New Device to Remove Atrial Blood Clot
A team at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles recently became the first in the world to use a novel, basket-shaped retrieval device to successfully remove a large right atrial thrombus (blood clot).
Distinguished Clinical Researcher to Lead UCSF Interventional Cardiology Program
UCSF Health’s Heart and Vascular Center is welcoming Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, as chief of its division of Interventional Cardiology and medical director of the division’s cardiac catheterization lab. Elmariah is a recognized expert in structural heart disease interventions and catheter-based valve therapies.
Specific Environmental Exposures may Help Predict Increased Risk of Death from Cardiovascular Disease
A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by exposure to specific environmental factors, showing, for example, that air pollution heightens the risk of heart disease mortality by 17 percent.
New Treatment Approach for Advanced Coronary Artery Disease Leads to Improved Outcomes
Study outlines better way to identify where stents are necessary