If you are experiencing chest pain, your doctor may recommend a cardiac catheterization (also known as a coronary angiogram) to get images of your heart and learn the cause. Cardiac catheterizations ...

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 ...

Cardiac catheterization, a procedure used to diagnose heart conditions, is typically performed through the femoral artery of the groin. But, increasingly, cardiologists are instead using the radial ...

Transradial catheterization—when a clinician inserts a long thin tube through the radial artery in the arm—is commonly used to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions. A recent analysis of ...

George M. Pedersen of Southboro is an active, 73-year-old semi-retired manufacturer's representative who enjoys snorkeling and traveling. He was somewhat surprised two years ago when his cardiologist ...

Using the radial artery for coronary angiography and interventional procedures impairs endothelial function for several months after the procedure, and this may contribute to reduced patency rates of ...

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One-year findings from the Distal versus Proximal Radial Artery Access for Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention (DIPRA) study were presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society ...

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 ...

Transradial catheterization--when a clinician inserts a long thin tube through the radial artery in the arm--is commonly used to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions. A recent analysis of ...