Transradial cardiac catheterization: Exploration of the new standard of care by Nader Elgharib, MD, and Cameron Donaldson, MD Issue: November/December 2011 ...

Internal Contralateral Bypass Circuit In other settings, the superficial femoral artery may be diseased and totally occluded — not an uncommon finding in patients with CAD — which may preclude ...

Femoral catheterizations have been performed for more than 30 years. MAIN TOOLS OF RADIAL PROCEDURE Sheath: A device that creates an entry into the artery on the underside of the wrist.

A total of 1,787 patients were randomized (893 to radial access, 894 to femoral access), 691 of those who underwent PCI (345 radial access and 346 femoral access). In the PCI group, bleeding and ...

Dr. Cindy Grines answers the question: 'Rest After Cardiac Catheterization?' — -- Question: How long should I rest after a cardiac catheterization? Answer: Well, the recovery period after ...

Multimodality Imaging in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory A New Era in Sight Michael Chenier; Emin Murat Tuzcu; Samir R Kapadia; Amar Krishnaswamy Disclosures Interv Cardiol. 2013;5 (3):335-344.

Quality of life (QoL) after cardiac catheterization is similar for women whether the procedure is done via radial or femoral access, according to a substudy of the SAFE-PCI for Women trial published ...

Cardiac catheterization, in which a catheter is snaked through the femoral artery into the coronary arteries, shows only the arteries. The test is designed to measure blockage of the arteries.

Patients with non-ST-segment elevation ACS were randomly assigned to REG1 (n = 479) or heparin (n = 161) before planned cardiac catheterization via femoral access. Patients in the REG1 group ...