Tuesday, 26 August 2008

New study backs angioplasty through the wrist

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The topper path to a clogged heart crataegus laevigata be through the wrist joint.

About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the heart through an artery in the groin. Now a major study shows going through the wrist joint instead lav significantly let down the risk of bleeding � without the discomfort of lying flat for hours patch the scratch site seals up.







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