Cardiac Catheterization

I’ll tell you, we are so blessed to have family that think it is an honor to be involved in our lives, and also to have such good friends who want to help us. Frankly, until recently, I never even looked at us as needing so much care. But since last...

The new 252,000-square-foot, five-story facility funded in part by private donors and state development dollars is expected to open in fall 2012. The nearly $207 million facility is being built adjacent to the Medical Center’s main entrance. The...

Business Life magazine publisher John Krikorian, 79, father of Glendale Unified school board member Greg Krikorian, was in stable condition Wednesday after collapsing onstage at the annual Glendale Fire Department awards ceremony. Midway through his...

Business Life publisher John Krikorian remained in critical, but stable condition Thursday after suffering a massive heart attack while on stage a day earlier at the annual Glendale Fire Department awards luncheon. Krikorian was in the intensive care...

The Maryland Board of Physicians revoked the medical license of Dr. Mark G. Midei on Wednesday, finding that the Towson cardiologist falsified patient records in order to justify unnecessary and expensive cardiac stent procedures. "Dr. Midei's violations...

A new study of more than 500,000 cardiac patients who underwent recent cardiac stent or angioplasty procedures in the United States has found that up to 15 percent were either unnecessary or appeared to be of uncertain medical benefit. However, nearly...

New ownership is in the works for a Galax hospital. Duke Lifepoint Healthcare could soon own and operate Twin County Regional Healthcare (TCRH), in Galax. The TCRH Board of Directors signed a partnership agreement with Duke, giving Duke Lifepoint an 80%...

Union Memorial Hospital and the chief of its cardiac catheterization lab have been sued by a woman who claims that she unnecessarily had stents placed in her arteries, and that her recurring chest pains were later diagnosed as stemming from a stomach...

Chambersburg Hospital was awarded the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline Silver Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital's commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients...

Brian Boston, chef at the Milton Inn in Sparks, and Larry Wilhelm, owner and president of Friendly Farm Restaurant in Upperco, were recognized by Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on June 27 for their achievements in Maryland's restaurant...

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Scripps Health announced Wednesday a $45 million donation from area developer and philanthropist Conrad Prebys to fund construction of its cardiovascular center at the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus. The donation is the...

Like many veteran marathoners, Bob Pohl always had an eye on the clock. "I used to tell my wife that if I drop in a race to stop my watch because I don't want to go to the hereafter with a bad time," he said. "The joke was funnier before." The 55-...