ROME, Italy—(UPDATED) Radial artery anomalies are present in nearly one in ten patients undergoing radial access PCI for STEMI and are a key reason for transradial failure, according to the analysis ...

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 ...

Procedure used half the time elsewhere, but is rare in United States Interventional cardiologist Sanjay Dhar, right, monitors a cardiac catheterization done through the radial artery instead of the ...

Radial artery access for diagnostic coronary angiography and PCI as an alternative to femoral artery access has been used internationally for 2 decades and may be gaining momentum in the United States ...

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, ...

(UPDATED) For patients undergoing transradial coronary angiography, manual and mechanical compression of the puncture site result in similar rates of radial artery occlusion, although the time ...

Radial artery access for coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with lower risks of all-cause death and bleeding compared with femoral access. That's the ...

ATLANTA -- Radial artery access for cardiac catheterization appeared similarly safe for the hand whether done proximally or distally, the randomized DIPRA trial showed. Overall change in 30-day hand ...

BOSTON -- A short course of rivaroxaban (Xarelto) after transradial coronary procedures helped prevent radial artery occlusion complications, the RIVARAD trial from Tunisia showed. The direct-acting ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. With distal transradial access (dTRA), the postoperative compression time remains significantly longer ...