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Cardiac Catheterizations

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Maryland medical board files charges against doctor for unnecessary stent procedures

The Maryland Board of Physicians has filed administrative charges against cardiologist Mark G. Midei, accused of putting hundreds of unneeded stents into patients' arteries and falsifying medical

New cardiac cath method raises cost, safety questions

For decades, doctors have used a single method for cardiac catheterizations: they enter the body through the femoral artery, at the groin, then examine the heart. Of late, a new method for performing