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 ...

Preprocedural vascular sheath insertion improved survival in high-risk PCI without increasing complications. Learn more about ...

Lead extraction through the femoral vein is commonly performed as a rescue procedure when the lead is inaccessible from the vein of implantation, for disrupted leads with free floating ends and for ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...