While the rate of radial artery occlusion as a result of transradial cardiac catheterization may be higher than previously thought, using a lower sheath size can cut the incidence by more than half, ...

While failure rates for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are equally low when using the left or right radial artery, radial-access procedures from the right side are associated with longer ...

Cordis, a Cardinal Health company, told Cardiology Today’s Intervention that the FDA cleared for marketing in the U.S. a sheathless access system for use in radial arterial procedures that require ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After more than 20 years of experience with transradial cardiac catheterization, there are now multiple registry ...

Transradial vascular access is often preferred over the transfemoral route in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for its lower associated risks of bleeding and vascular complications. But ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surmodics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX), a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the health care industry, announced it has received ...

This study is looking at how the radial artery expands when you have a radial artery procedure. It is open to people who are having this procedure done at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust as part of ...

The use of radial-artery grafts for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) may result in better postoperative outcomes than the use of saphenous-vein grafts. However, randomized, controlled trials ...

Thin-wall design with superior insertion and unique sheath-securement solution to support successful radial access procedures and may aid in reducing arterial spasm and occlusion SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, ...

Patients undergoing heart bypass surgery lived longer and had better outcomes when surgeons used a segment of an artery from their arm, called the radial artery, instead of a vein from their leg, ...