Following transradial coronary angiography, radial artery occlusion is more likely to occur in patients on chronic warfarin therapy but no parenteral anticoagulation compared with those receiving ...

Addressing a lingering question in the field, the SPIRIT OF ARTEMIS trial shows that using a higher weight-adjusted dose of heparin during transradial coronary angiography staves off radial artery ...

(HealthDay News) — Women undergoing coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have a higher rate of vascular complications than men, which are significantly reduced with radial ...

Women who undergo coronary angiography and PCI have a greater risk for major vascular complications compared with men, but use of radial access was associated with reduced complications in both sexes, ...

A transradial approach (TRA) for cerebral angiography was less effective than the transfemoral route in achieving an accurate diagnostic success rate. Study investigator, Wei Ni, MD, Huashan Hospital, ...

Performing angioplasty and angiography through the radial artery of the arm is as effective as the traditional method of entering through the femoral artery of the groin, but has fewer complications ...

For the first time, ESC Guidelines published today give the highest degree of recommendation for the radial approach over the femoral one for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary ...

Hackensack University Medical Center, a part of Hackensack Meridian Health, became one of the first hospitals in the country to perform a new test for patients at risk of a heart attack or ...

Launched yesterday, 10 November 2014, the new state-of-the art facility, under the directive of Sunheart and the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg ...

KOCHI: People who require coronary angiogram can now walk in and walk out of the hospital after the procedure, without any hospitalization. Lisie Hospital started a radial lounge exclusively for ...