Three anatomical sites are commonly used to insert central venous catheters — under the collarbone, in the neck and in the groin — but one site has been linked with lower rates of bloodstream ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - From heart procedures to treating strokes, more than a million cardiac catheterization procedures are performed each year in the United States. But now, there might be a new ...

A magnetically guided catheter, above, may make it easier, faster and safer for doctors to treat arrhythmia. Like a traditional catheter, this one is inserted at the groin and eased upward to the ...

At Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, more faulty heart valves are getting fixed without a single chest being cracked open.