Healio

Routine ultrasound improved femoral access; did not lower bleeding, vascular complications

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Jolly and colleagues designed the UNIVERSAL randomized trial to evaluate outcomes of ultrasound-guided with ...
EurekAlert!

Radial access used less than femoral approach for emergency angioplasty

WASHINGTON (Dec. 21, 2015) -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 ...
TCTMD

Transradial PCI Bests Femoral Access in Complex Cases: COLOR

Treating chronic total occlusions (CTOs), complex bifurcations, heavily calcified lesions, and left main coronary artery disease with large-bore catheters via the radial artery is associated with ...
Healio

Death, bleeding lower but stroke higher with radial access PCI vs. femoral access

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Radial access PCI use increased since 2013, with lower mortality and bleeding vs. femoral access PCI. However, ...
Medscape

Examining the Appropriateness of Radial or Femoral Access

Cardiologists now have a larger armamentarium available for interventional procedures, and selection of an optimal regimen is the cornerstone. Atherosclerotic plaque rupture with thrombosis is the ...
TCTMD

Ultrasound for Femoral Access? Neutral Results vs Common Sense: UNIVERSAL

BOSTON, MA—Ultrasound guidance for femoral access does not appear to reduce bleeding or vascular complications but does reduce the risk of venipuncture and lowers the number of arterial puncture ...