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 ...

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, ...

Transradial access (TRA) results in a lower diagnostic success rate and longer procedural times compared with transfemoral access (TFA) in patients undergoing cerebral angiography, the randomized ...

Previous small trials have been unable to establish a clinical advantage between coronary angiography via the femoral artery in the groin or the radial artery in the wrist, and there remains ...

ATLANTA, GA (May 19, 2022) – Initial findings from the Distal versus Proximal Radial Artery Access for Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention (DIPRA) study were presented today as late-breaking ...

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

PHOENIX -- Transradial access for endovascular thrombectomy was noninferior to standard transfemoral access, a single-center randomized trial showed. The rate of recanalization success was 87.9% (51 ...

Cardiac catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. However, there are some differences between the two. Cardiac ...

An angiogram is a diagnostic test that uses X-rays and a contrast dye to visualize the blood vessels in the body, including those in the brain. This test can help diagnose a brain aneurysm. An ...