The groin is the usual access point for investigating or treating the heart with a catheter, but using the wrist as access point reduces bleeding and lowers mortality. These findings are from an ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Bill Slater of Maryland Heights has had several angioplasties through the groin. Dr. Ali Ziaee (right) performed a recent ...

PHOENIX — A cardiologist at a Phoenix hospital thinks there’s a better way to treat your heart. During a cardiac catheterization, a doctor can test and treat your heart by inserting a long flexible ...

Usually when cardiologists send catheters to the heart, it's done through the femoral artery in the leg near the groin. There is always the risk of bleeding problems after the procedure, but that's ...

More physicians are performing cardiac catheterizations by accessing the heart through wrist arteries rather than those in the leg, reducing patient recovery time, according to a Pittsburgh ...

The Trinity Heart Center is the first in the area to now offer radial artery catheterization – a procedure that uses the wrist rather than the groin area to access arteries for an angiogram. "Radial ...

Imagine having your heart fixed through your wrist. It's now a reality at the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Heart patients traditionally undergo cardiac catheterization or stent procedures ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...