Intravenous
Into or within a vein.
Treatment
Integrated Care Pathway
An integrated care pathway (ICP, also called a clinical pathway or care pathway) is a structured, multidisciplinary plan that maps out the expected sequence of clinical care for a patient with a particular condition, from admission through to discharge and beyond. The pathway sets out what should happen at each stage, who is responsible, what … Read more
Interventional Cardiology
Interventional cardiology is a subspecialty of cardiology that treats heart conditions using catheter-based techniques performed in a cardiac catheterisation laboratory (cath lab). Instead of open surgery, interventional cardiologists use thin flexible tubes (catheters) inserted through blood vessels under local anaesthetic and X-ray guidance (fluoroscopy) to visualise, diagnose, and treat cardiac problems. Core procedures in interventional … Read more