TCTMD

Sheath Size Associated with Radial Occlusion After Transradial PCI

While the rate of radial artery occlusion as a result of transradial cardiac catheterization may be higher than previously thought, using a lower sheath size can cut the incidence by more than half, ...
TCTMD

Left, Right Radial Procedures Equally Effective, but Right Access Takes Longer

While failure rates for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are equally low when using the left or right radial artery, radial-access procedures from the right side are associated with longer ...
MedPage Today

Fancy Coronary Access Technique Disappoints in Preventing Radial Artery Occlusions

PARIS -- For coronary procedures, conventional radial access held up against a newer technique developed to reduce radial artery occlusion (RAO), according to the DISCO RADIAL investigators. They ...
Medscape

Transradial Complex PCI Effective With Slim, Large-Bore Sheath in Randomized Trial

Transradial vascular access is often preferred over the transfemoral route in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for its lower associated risks of bleeding and vascular complications. But ...
Healio

Sheathless access system for radial procedures garners FDA clearance

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cordis, a Cardinal Health company, told Cardiology Today’s Intervention that the FDA cleared for marketing in ...
Business Wire

Surmodics Announces Successful First Patient Uses of Two Sublime™ Radial Access Platform Devices

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surmodics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX), a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the health care industry, today announced the ...
Healio

The Challenge of Large Bore Occlusive Sheath Management: Strategies for Success

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite recent increased adaptation of smaller catheters and radial access for coronary interventions, new ...
Business Insider

Medtronic Announces Early Site Release of New Radial Artery Access Portfolio Following First-in-Patient Procedure

Acquisition of RIST Neurovascular Enhances Medtronic's Capabilities to Serve Patients Treated for Brain Aneurysms and Other Neurovascular Conditions DUBLIN, Feb. 1, 2021 /CNW/ -- Medtronic plc ...
Business Wire

Surmodics Sublime™ Guide Sheath Receives FDA 510(k) Approval

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surmodics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX), a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the health care industry, announced it has received ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Radial-Artery or Saphenous-Vein Grafts in Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery

The use of radial-artery grafts for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) may result in better postoperative outcomes than the use of saphenous-vein grafts. However, randomized, controlled trials ...
News Medical

Use of radial artery in heart bypass surgery associated with better patient outcomes

Patients undergoing heart bypass surgery lived longer and had better outcomes when surgeons used a segment of an artery from their arm, called the radial artery, instead of a vein from their leg, ...