Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After more than 20 years of experience with transradial cardiac catheterization, there are now multiple registry ...

Administration of systemic heparin before transradial catheterization for coronary angiography may not be necessary in all patients. Preventing radial artery occlusion may be possible with provisional ...

Using the radial artery for coronary angiography and interventional procedures impairs endothelial function for several months after the procedure, and this may contribute to reduced patency rates of ...

Transradial access is the most common approach for PCI in much of the world, though in the United States, despite an uptick in adoption, it still lags behind transfemoral access. The evidence suggests ...

November 8, 2011 (San Francisco, California) — A couple of new studies suggest that the learning curve for transradial-access PCI is steeper than first thought but that if the approach is taught early ...

LOS ANGELES — The safety advantage that has already coaxed U.S. interventional cardiologists to switch many of their routine catheterizations from femoral-artery entry in the groin to a radial-artery ...

Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital offers an innovative heart procedure, that may be safer and more comfortable for patients, called transradial cardiac catheterization. This new technique allows ...

Heart biopsies, which are typically performed via catheterization through the groin or neck, are possible and may cause less discomfort for patients when performed through a vein in the wrist, ...

EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - The number of East Texans living with a heart condition is on the rise, and now they're turning to cardiologists for help. One doctor says she is diagnosing more and more patients ...