More articles about: Interventional cardiology

Lakeitha Perry was sent home from her local hospital with no options for treating her pulmonary hypertension, but innovative treatment methods changed her prognosis and her life.

Study finds some complications, but no significant difference in risk of death.

After a popular medical device for heart failure is taken off the market, a cardiac surgeon explains why most people won’t have theirs removed.

People with obesity also needed these common interventional cardiology procedures earlier than those who were not obese, in a new study from across the state of Michigan.

A popular treatment for peripheral arterial disease is less effective and more expensive than other options. Experts explore several methods to bring the state toward higher-value vascular care.

In light of reports that fewer people are getting heart attack treatments right now, one cardiologist wants to remind patients that the Emergency Department is still the safest place to be when you’re having a cardiovascular emergency.

After a fetal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with restrictive or intact atrial septum (HLHS-IAS), surgery in utero saved Ryleigh Ostrander’s heart.

Upon uncovering that inadequate blood flow can be a more imminent, life-threatening problem than aortic rupture for some patients, doctors emerge with a new procedural method.

Opening severely blocked arteries can be a challenge with stents alone. New techniques are helping Michigan Medicine doctors complete the lifesaving procedure.

Learn more about Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and how it requires a personalized treatment plan with closely monitored care.

A U-M doctor suffering from an arrhythmia, intermittent atrial fibrillation, received a catheter ablation. See how the procedure helped his irregular heartbeat.

Atrial tachycardia and atrial fibrillation patient Mike Penskar is enjoying life after a catheter ablation procedure. Learn more about Mike and the procedure.

Cardiac catheter ablation, a minimally invasive procedure to treat atrial fibrillation, also know as A Fib, help a 61-year-old ice skater get off of thin ice and back in the rink.

UMHS cardiologist and arrhythmia expert explains atrial fibrillation (Afib) treatments, considering the Watchman procedure, ablation and medication options.