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 instead can significantly lower the risk of bleeding -- without the discomfort of lying flat for hours while the incision site seals up...
USAToday.com - 8/19/2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-08-19-angioplasty-wrist_N.htm?csp=34
