January 26th, 2015
Measuring FFR During Cardiac Cath: Time to Go with the Flow?
John Ryan, MD
Is fractional flow reserve being overused, underused, or neither?
August 29th, 2012
Pilot Study Demonstrates Feasibility of MRI-Guided Catheterization
Larry Husten, PHD
A small pilot study has demonstrated that it may one day be possible to replace x-rays with MRI to guide some cardiac catheterization procedures. As reported in the European Heart Journal, researchers at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute (NHLBI) performed x-ray and MRI-guided transfemoral right heart catheterization in 16 patients (4 with shunt, 9 with […]
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