News tagged with radial artery

For CABG, use of artery from arm does not appear to be superior to vein grafts from the leg

Use of a radial artery (located within the forearm, wrist and hand) graft compared with a saphenous vein (from the leg) graft for coronary artery bypass grafting did not result in improved angiographic patency (the graft ...

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created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sheathless transradial intervention highly successful in treating complex lesions

Cardiologists from the Mayo Clinic performed sheathless transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to remedy complex lesions, achieving a 90% success rate with no radial complications. Standard guiding catheters ...

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created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoking gun: just one cigarette has harmful effect on the arteries of young healthy adults

Even one cigarette has serious adverse effects on young adults, according to research presented by Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the ...

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2