In patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing cardiac catheterization, the postprocedural rate of silent cerebral infarct is high but does not differ between radial and femoral access, according ...

Radial artery access for diagnostic coronary angiography and PCI as an alternative to femoral artery access has been used internationally for 2 decades and may be gaining momentum in the United States ...

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 ...

March 24, 2011 (Hamilton, Ontario) — Radial-access diagnostic catheterization is associated with an increase in radiation exposure when compared with access via the femoral artery, a new study shows ...

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 ...

Arterial thrombosis occurs in about 1 in 10 children who undergo cardiac catheterization, predominantly in infants, according to a single-center study published online January 23, 2015, ahead of print ...

The specialist will insert a small thin tube (called a sheath) into your blood vessels, with another small thin tube inside it called a catheter. They will guide the catheter inside the sheath through ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cardiac catheterization is a medical procedure that cardiologists, or heart specialists, use to evaluate heart function and diagnose cardiovascular conditions. During cardiac catheterization, a long ...