Right radial access is the preferred approach in most cases. The optimal access site is 2 cm proximal to the styloid process of the radius bone along the axis with the most powerful pulsation of the ...

An aborted operation in La Jolla shows the true strength of an increasingly popular way to open blocked blood vessels. A Scripps Health cardiac team had planned to use a stent to clear a narrowed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Since 2009, use of radial access has steadily grown at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, N.J. With just 2 ...

The ideal stent to treat very calcified lesions needs (1) a high radial force to resist the elastic recoil and radial crush and (2) a moderate outward expansive force to provide sufficient vessel ...

When it comes to stenting -- using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries -- physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to the circulatory system through an opening in the leg instead of the ...

In patients who previously underwent transradial coronary angiography or PCI, operators can safely return to the same radial artery for repeat procedures done within 30 days of the first, a new study ...

(UPDATED) Compressing the ulnar artery in addition to standard patent hemostasis significantly lowers the risk of radial artery occlusion after a transradial-access coronary intervention, a new study ...

Diagnosing coronary heart disease has been accomplished since the 1960s by coronary angiography. During the process, involving guiding a catheter tube through the body to the heart, contrast dye is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A carotid artery stenting system was linked to low event rates at 1 year. The device consists of an embolic ...

BD’s Revello Vascular Covered Stent receives CE marking to treat atherosclerotic lesions in common and external iliac arteries: Franklin Lakes, New Jersey Monday, March 9, 2026, ...