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Northwell Gets State Approval To Open Four Cardiac Catheterization Labs Northwell Gets State Approval To Open Four Cardiac Catheterization Labs
Northwell Gets State Approval To Open Four Cardiac Catheterization Labs Three Northwell Health facilities have received approval from the state to establish cardiac catheterization labs, expanding access to critical cardiology services in the region. The facilities are Lenox Health Greenwich Village, Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson and Plainview Hospital. In addition to Lenox Health, Mather and Plainview programs, the New York State Health and Health Planning Counci authorized Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco to open a cath lab in December.  Cath labs specialize in using X-ray guided catheters help open blockages in coronary arteries or repa…

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Nuclear Testing: It’s For The Heart, Too Nuclear Testing: It’s For The Heart, Too
Nuclear Testing: It’s For The Heart, Too WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- “Don’t go ‘nuclear’” might be a warning to someone who is highly stressed and overreacting to a situation, but when it comes to testing the impact of stress activity on the heart, “nuclear” may be just what the doctor ordered. That’s because use of nuclear material, radioactive isotopes that act as a “dye,” can give physicians more accurate information about the size of a heart’s chambers, its efficiency in pumping blood and the presence of any damaged heart muscle. The test also has an estimated 85 percent accuracy rate in determining whether any of a patient’s m…

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