Patients undergoing extraction of old transvenous leads via laser sheaths experienced similar success and complication rates, and shorter procedure times vs. femoral snare extraction, new study data ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

The key feature defining transcatheter cardiovascular interventions is that access to the vessels and heart is achieved by arterial puncture with a needle, rather than surgical incision with a scalpel ...

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 ...