When doctors tell patients they’ll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this approach, known as the transfemoral method, has become a cornerstone of ...

Until now, the best option for doctors to treat a stroke patient’s blood clot at Ascension Scared Heart, was a drug. But ...

With cardiac catheterization, we just go through a hole and go in the groin and go through the vessels until we reach the heart and either do the diagnosis and if there is something we can ...

Internationally renowned as a leader in cardiac care, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee is celebrating the 20th ...

Left-sided heart failure occurs when the left ventricle of the heart is unable to adequately pump blood to the rest of the body. This is the most prevalent type of heart failure and it becomes ...

In this test, a small, thin, flexible tube (catheter) is put into a blood vessel in your child’s groin. Then your child’s healthcare ... Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center, ...

The researchers were ... Analysis Reveals an Additional Mechanism Behind Statin Therapy's Heart-Related Benefits in People With HIV Dec. 11, 2024 — Investigators who previously found that a ...

The symptoms of aortic stenosis often appear only when the disease is at an advanced stage. In women, many symptoms are ...

Moe said many of those patients have already had open heart surgeries and this new treatment creates a less invasive option ...

Guided by low-level X-rays, doctors insert a flexible tube the width of a strand of spaghetti or thinner into an artery in a patient's groin. The catheter is threaded through vessels to reach the ...

It is inserted into the artery through the groin. A long sheath is used to advance the valve from the groin to the ... In India, transcatheter aortic valve replacement was introduced around 2016, said ...