For women at high risk for bleeding during angioplasty, the wrist may be a better entry site than the groin, a new study indicates. It included more than 1,700 women who underwent angioplasty to clear ...

HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo shows us how going through the wrist instead of the leg is making angioplasty better. The wrist is not only closer to the heart, it may be the better route to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to ...

Medically reviewed by David Hampton, MD Key Takeaways Balloon angioplasty is used to widen blocked or narrow blood vessels.It ...

WASHINGTON — The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a ...