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 ...

Heart catheterization, a procedure to detect and clear clogged arteries, traditionally involves inserting a plastic tube through a groin incision into the femoral artery. But a new study shows fewer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cardiac catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. However, there are some differences between the two. Cardiac ...

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Doctors perform a number of different outpatient heart procedures, including angioplasty, stenting, pacemaker implantation, and others. If you have a heart condition, your doctor might recommend an ...