Reusable catheter strategies may be as safe as single-use devices for preventing UTIs, but questions remain about their practical use.

Amid growing interest in interventional stroke treatments, some questions have recently emerged regarding the use of various catheters for aspiration thrombectomy that aren’t approved for that purpose ...

Hillview resident Gerri Cooper-Cox is wearing shorts this summer for the first time in 10 years. That's how long it's been since she developed varicose veins in her right calf that made her ...

Clinical studies are underway to test an innovative catheter that’s able to accurately and safely heal unhealthy heart tissue ...

Interventional radiologist Darren Hurst said there’s no evidence a patient's catheter infection stemmed from his at-home ...

If you ask your doctor where a single-use anal catheter has been before the doctor uses it on you, there should be only one answer: in the packaging. Any other answer should be unacceptable.

Patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing coronary angiogram, a procedure used to assess blockages in the heart's arteries, had a significantly lower risk of major bleeding and death if their ...

A medical device startup co-founded by five University of Utah graduates and students has taken on the challenge of combating the 100,000 deaths from hospital-acquired infections transmitted from ...

Stereotaxis STXS has announced the first successful U.S. procedures using its MAGiC robotic magnetic ablation catheter, ...

August 24, 2010 — Reminder systems may reduce catheter-associated urinary infections (CAUTIs) and catheter use in hospitalized patients, according to the results of a systematic review and ...

Traditional open heart surgery remains the preferred method to repair many heart defects, according to Dr. Scott Burke, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne.