Catheterization performed via the radial artery in the wrist has taken off worldwide in the past 11 years, though the U.S. has been the slowest major industrialized nation to adopt this form of ...

For many years, cardiologists only performed cardiac catheterizations by using the femoral artery in the groin. This is still the most widely used catheterization technique in the United States.

Radial artery access also requires less time in the hospital than the femoral approach, and that ends up costing less. Dr. Fisher said that for stent procedures, which involve moderate sedation as ...

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In a cardiac catheterization procedure, a small tube is entered into the bloodstream, usually through the femoral artery in the groin. From there, it is run into the heart itself, where it can be ...

The femoral approach requires patients to lay flat for four to six hours after the procedure, while radial artery catheterization patients are sitting up and getting out of bed within minutes.

In 2014, Penrose-St. Francis reported 71 percent of its total case volume in the catheter lab had received radial artery catheterization, up from between 50-60 percent in 2013.

Cardiac catheterization, a procedure used to diagnose heart conditions, is typically performed through the femoral artery of the groin. But, increasingly, cardiologists are instead using the ...

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Because the radial artery is smaller than the femoral artery, and the path to the heart less direct, the radial procedure often takes more time until a doctor becomes proficient in doing it.