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 ...

In the United States, more than 1.1 million cardiac catheterizations, also known as heart caths, are performed each year. The medical procedure is used to diagnose and treat some heart conditions, ...

The shortest path to the heart turns out to be the best one - not in love necessarily, but in cardiac catheterization, one of the most common procedures in the U.S. The shortest path to the heart ...