In patients with common femoral artery disease, balloon angioplasty plus stenting if needed achieves acceptable restenosis and target lesion revascularization (TLR) rates at 1 year. The results render ...

Clinical trial supports radial artery access as preferable to femoral artery for angioplasty in patients with ST elevation acute coronary syndrome San Francisco, CA --Results of a randomized clinical ...

Although using the radial artery as the access point for angioplasty has been linked to reduced bleeding compared to use of the femoral artery, only a small number of high-risk heart attack patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — In a session focused on lower-extremity intervention in superficial femoral artery and popliteal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A drug-coated balloon was more effective than and just as safe as an uncoated balloon among patients with ...

Previous small trials have been unable to establish a clinical advantage between coronary angiography via the femoral artery in the groin or the radial artery in the wrist, and there remains ...

Performing angioplasty and angiography through the radial artery of the arm is as effective as the traditional method of entering through the femoral artery of the groin, but has fewer complications ...

Researchers have found accessing blocked arteries through the forearm compared to groin led to fewer vascular complications and similar success rates for angioplasty. In the future you may hear the ...

Jan. 21 -- TUESDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The best way of accessing and treating ailing hearts with angioplasty may be through the wrist, a U.S. study finds. The catheterization technique ...

Spanning from the groin to the leg and stopping at the knee is the femoral artery. This artery carries oxygen-rich blood to each of your legs. The health of the femoral artery determines the health of ...

The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the ...