Catheterization performed via the radial artery in the wrist has taken off worldwide in the past 11 years, though the U.S. has been the slowest major industrialized nation to adopt this form of ...

Dr. Joseph Hannan, medical director of invasive and interventional cardiology at St. Vincent Hospital, said radial artery access catheterization has been performed at the hospital since 2009, and ...

Radial catheterization not only makes it easier for the physician to insert the needle into the artery due to its closeness to the skin’s surface, but it is also more comfortable for the patient.

Lifestyle Health & Wellness January 1, 2014 More Cardiologists Take New Approach to Catheterization Published on January 1, 2014 By Robb Report Staff ...

Using a previously “instrumented” radial artery—one that has been used for transradial PCI or invasive angiography—as a bypass graft for cardiac surgery is not associated with poor clinical outcomes ...

Results show the distal radial artery cath was as safe, did not cause more blood loss and did not impact hand function, ultimately giving cardiologists another option. The hand access for catheter ...

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

Secondary endpoints included access feasibility, radial artery patency, and complications. Of 216 patients who completed one-year follow-up, 112 were randomized to DRA and 104 to PRA.

In 2014, Penrose-St. Francis reported 71 percent of its total case volume in the catheter lab had received radial artery catheterization, up from between 50-60 percent in 2013.

BANGKOK-- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cardiac Catheterization through the wrist (radial artery): an easy and faster way to recovery. A new technique for patients who are afraid of Cardiac Catheterization ...

Unlikely to Impact Clinical Practice, Say Radial Operators The study, which was published recently in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, is based on an analysis of 12 studies that reported ...