Best Route To Heart May Be Through Your Wrist

Some cardiologists are pushing for an alternate approach to snaking catheters into the arteries feeding the heart. Going through an artery in the wrist, instead of the groin, poses a lower risk of bleeding, they say. Read More...

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Posted Feb 08 2011, 06:56 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog