Overall complication rates were similar to those seen with transfemoral access, however, and patients liked it better.

Right aberrant subclavian artery, also called arteria lusoria, is one of the most common intrathoracic arterial anomalies. Although mostly asymptomatic, the retroesophageal and retrotracheal ...

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery ...

A simple scoring system could revolutionize how doctors prevent heart attacks and strokes by identifying patients most likely ...

Robin Eaton wants women to trust their gut when it comes to their heart. In November 2023, the 46-year-old survived a spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD — a less common type of ...

There are well-established guidelines for the management of nonvariceal upper GI bleeding, [27] much of which are valid for post-PCI bleeding and will not be discussed here, such as resuscitation ...

Compared with rivaroxaban, abelacimab is associated with fewer bleeding events in patients with AF and moderate to high risk for stroke.

For ischemic strokes, high blood pressure contributes by causing damage to the artery walls, a condition called atherosclerosis. This damage allows fatty deposits, or plaques, to build up ...

Most heart attacks are caused by a sudden complete obstruction of all blood flow to a part of the heart muscle. A plaque suddenly breaks off from the inner lining of an artery, followed by bleeding ...