University Hospital serves Augusta-Richmond County and the surrounding region, providing starte-of-the-art medical treatment.
...But after a couple of days of treatment at University Hospital, she began to show signs of heart trouble. A cardiac catheterization came up with some shocking results. One of the three main arteries feeding blood to her heart was "extremely...
...Trinity, formerly known as St. Joseph Hospital, is known for its comprehensive diagnostic services, including cardiac catheterization, magnetic resonance imaging, an endoscopic unit and an Osteoporosis-Bone Center. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: 1350...
...he said. The money would be used for things such as a $21 million cancer treatment center and probably new cardiac catheterization labs. And it is just the first step - a "bridge" to a master facilities overhaul that could total as much...
...and thanks. "It's like a token of their appreciation," said Mrs. Boney-Parnell, a University Hospital cardiac catheterization lab specialist currently seeking her nursing degree at Aiken Technical College. Mrs. Boney-Parnell, 34...
...It's important not to think about foods in black-and-white terms, said Dr. Michael Lim, director of the cardiac catheterization lab at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. "There's no quick fix," he said. "Our bad cholesterol...
...attributed it to depression over her husband's death but "this was unique, this was different," he said.A cardiac catheterization found the blockages, and she was in bypass surgery the next day.Ellefson now has a message for other women...
...machine most likely will be used to evaluate chest pain and should help reduce the 40 percent of diagnostic cardiac catheterizations that turn out to be normal, Dr. Rogers said. It is also much less expensive than a cath and much better tolerated...
...cardiology and will be responsible for performing nuclear stress tests, echocardiograms, electrocardiograms and cardiac catheterizations. Chip Dixon has joined Augusta Technical College as an industrial maintenance instructor at the Waynesboro...
...didn't seem fazed that his patient in the cardiac catheterization lab had suddenly piped up. "Doctor, I have...live, however. The patient never lived. The cardiac catheterization lab simulator sits inside a special bus that...
...said Community Health spokesman Andy Boisseau. "The state requires that if you are going to do therapeutic cardiac catheterization that you have an open heart (surgery) backup facility, which they do not have," Mr. Boisseau said. In...
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