DIRECT hemodynamic study of the left ventricle has been accomplished in recent years by many approaches. In infancy and childhood it is often possible to pass a catheter into this ventricle via the ...

LESIONS of the left side of the heart, both congenital and acquired, demand precise physiologic and anatomic diagnosis for accurate surgical relief. This is especially true in infants and children.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Following left heart catheterization, offloading measured by left ventricular end-diastolic ...

Given the anatomic distribution of atherosclerosis in the aorta, plaque dislodgement and embolization are more likely to occur with the transfemoral approach for left-sided heart catheterizations ...

The heart is an intricate plumbing system of valves, pumps and pipelike vessels which control the flow of blood throughout the body, and the doctors who specialize in its function, diagnosis and ...