Recommendations have been issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine for interventional pain procedures during the current contrast shortage. Lynn Kohan, M.D., from ASRA, ...

According to work published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, incorporating patient decision aids (PDAs) into clinical workflows can enhance patients' overall sense of empowerment after ...

Interventional cardiology is a specialized field of cardiology that focuses on catheter-based heart procedures. Catheter procedures use small, hollow tubes (catheters) inserted through your blood ...

Flexible bronchoscopy is an invasive procedure that is utilized to visualize the nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, vocal cords, and tracheal bronchial tree. It is utilized for both the diagnosis and ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Following interventional radiology procedures such as coronary angioplasty, patients were more likely to be discharged home, rather than to a nursing or long-term care facility, when ...

The Center for Diagnosis and Advanced Medicine and Medical Conferences and Telemedicine (Cedimat) performed the first ...

A procedure can preserve fertility and potentially save the lives of women with a serious pregnancy complication called placenta accreta. Results of the new study showed that placement of balloons in ...

The radiation doses delivered to patients in most orthopaedic procedures under normal conditions will not cause effects such as skin injury, infertility and cataract. The typical skin dose in most uro ...

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is examining balloon angioplasty or stenting for coarctation or recoarctation of the aorta and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the ...

Rigid bronchoscopy is an invasive procedure that is utilized to visualize the oropharynx, larynx, vocal cords, and tracheal bronchial tree. It is performed for both the diagnosis and treatment of lung ...