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 . Chrysant, who was tasked with arguing that endovascular therapy is an acceptable treatment for common femoral ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a narrowing or blockage of arteries that causes poor blood flow to your legs or arms. The most common cause of PAD is the buildup of plaque in blood vessels called ...

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 ...

Drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis in coronary arteries, but clinical trials have failed to prove their efficacy in peripheral arteries. We investigated the use of paclitaxel-coated angioplasty ...

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 ...

Renee Karasic underwent an angioplasty earlier this month to unplug clogged heart arteries. What he remembers most is the discomfort. "There is a little tenderness in the groin where they enter," said ...

The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. About a million artery-clearing ...