Procedure used half the time elsewhere, but is rare in United States Interventional cardiologist Sanjay Dhar, right, monitors a cardiac catheterization done through the radial artery instead of the ...

An angiogram is performed through the small (radial) artery in the wrist rather than the femoral artery. The trans-radial method is safer and economical when compared to other procedures New Delhi: ...

Angiogram and angioplasty are heart procedures. Angiogram diagnoses heart vessel issues using X-rays and dye. Angioplasty treats blockages by opening arteries with a balloon and stent. Angiograms ...

A heart problem rarely arrives very silently. Chest discomfort, breathlessness, or an abnormal stress test can suddenly bring unfamiliar medical terms into everyday conversations. Among the most ...

At 55, Ratnesh Shah was suffering from frequent chest pain and was advised a coronary angiography -- which involves opening up blocked vessels. Unfortunately, both his femoral (groin) arteries were ...

Every year in this country, a million and a quarter people undergo a cardiac angiogram, a test to look for blockage in heart arteries. The long standard way to do this works well, but has a big ...

Dr Fanie Fourie explains where a stent is placed. MBOMBELA – Hippocrates once said, “Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity”. The love of both was evident when Dr ...