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 ...

We spoke with Dr. Nanjundappa about the benefits and limitations of the radial-peripheral approach and his use of guide ...

Cardiac catheterization, a procedure used to diagnose heart conditions, is typically performed through the femoral artery of the groin. But, increasingly, cardiologists are instead using the radial ...

Heart catheterization, a procedure to detect and clear clogged arteries, traditionally involves inserting a plastic tube through a groin incision into the femoral artery. But a new study shows fewer ...

The patient had arrived a few days earlier complaining of chest pains, reason unknown. The case, while not an emergency, was deemed a priority. Doctors at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center ...

George Bybee dreaded the prospect of enduring another heart procedure, his 10th cardiac catheterization since a heart attack in 1992. His doctor cut a small opening in the big artery in the groin and ...

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 ...

With the Sublime™ Microcatheter, I’ve found excellent balance between push, flexibility, and torqueability. I find it handles ...

An aborted operation in La Jolla shows the true strength of an increasingly popular way to open blocked blood vessels. A Scripps Health cardiac team had planned to use a stent to clear a narrowed ...