Earlier in the month, Semeda Amegashie, a pregnant mother with a rare heart condition, underwent an innovative, minimally invasive surgery at the University of Connecticut Pam and Jim Calhoun ...

The American Heart Association is urging physicians to better understand the risks of radiation in cardiac imaging procedures. When ordering these procedures physicians should understand the ...

People who undergo radiation-based tests and procedures after a heart attack may have a heightened risk of developing cancer down the road, a study published Monday suggests. Researchers found that ...

During structural heart procedures, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) operators are exposed to a dose of radiation that is comparable to that of the primary operator, but the installation of a ...

Imagine a GPS-type system that maps the heart. That’s the technology that heart surgeons are increasingly using to navigate the heart and its chambers, reducing radiation from X-rays in the process.

A technique to treat an irregular heartbeat that limits or eliminates patients' exposure to radiation should be more widely adopted by physicians, NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine ...