Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among experienced operators, prophylactic nitroglycerin did not prevent radial artery spasm during transradial ...

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 ...

PARIS -- For coronary procedures, conventional radial access held up against a newer technique developed to reduce radial artery occlusion (RAO), according to the DISCO RADIAL investigators. They ...

Las Vegas, NV - Provided operators have the training and experience, there's no reason STEMI patients can't be treated via a transradial approach, and there may even be advantages to doing so, ...

Coronary artery spasms temporarily tighten the arteries that wrap around your heart. Your coronary arteries are blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to your entire heart muscle. The artery walls ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A clinical trial conducted exclusively in women suggests that an initial strategy of using the radial artery in the arm as the entry point for cardiac catherization or percutaneous ...

In patients with peripheral artery disease, radial artery access is safe and feasible for peripheral vascular intervention. Radial artery access is safe and feasible for peripheral vascular ...

Distal radial access is not superior to conventional radial access with regard to radial artery occlusion (RAO) but is a valid alternative for use in percutaneous procedures, according to results of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with the conventional transradial strategy for PCI, the distal transradial approach lowered the rate of ...

PARIS, France—When it comes to reducing the risk of radial artery occlusion (RAO), there is no significant advantage to using the relatively novel distal radial approach over conventional radial ...