Use of a novel inflatable sheath that eases transfemoral access appears feasible and safe, making the approach available to many patients with PAD, reports a small study published online January 30, ...

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 ...

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, ...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Regado Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGDO), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the late-stage clinical development of its first-in-class, actively ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can be made more user-friendly by placing both arterial sheaths on the same side of the body, according to a center that has made unilateral access the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In endovascular peripheral vascular interventions, the use of arterial cutdown and smaller sheath diameters may ...

Cardiac catheterization begins with arterial access and ends with access-site closure, both of which are fundamental to the safe performance of diagnostic and interventional procedures The preferred ...

Complications may arise at any stage of the procedure, and while they commonly relate to vascular access, can also result from trauma during device tracking, positioning or deployment. Furthermore, ...

Vascular. 2006;14(5):270-281. In an operating room fluoroscopy suite, the patient is placed on the operating table and the abdomen and groins are shaved. The patient may undergo any form of anesthesia ...