Thrombosis of the ulnar artery can be a cause of significant morbidity. Most often a consequence of blunt trauma to the hypothenar eminence of the hand, it may be attributable to one traumatic event ...

(UPDATED) Compressing the ulnar artery in addition to standard patent hemostasis significantly lowers the risk of radial artery occlusion after a transradial-access coronary intervention, a new study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A smartphone heart rate-monitoring application was superior to a traditional physical exam for diagnosing ulnar ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization using transradial access, the use of prophylactic ...

The anterior ulnar recurrent artery is a small blood vessel located in the forearm. The vessel emerges just below the joint of the elbow and between two muscles in the forearm. These muscles are known ...

A 5,000 IU dose of heparin is more effective than a very low dose in minimizing the risk of radial artery occlusion after transradial coronary angiography. When occlusions do occur, a simple ...

Background Hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS) is an uncommon vascular overuse syndrome caused by trauma to the palmar portion of the ulnar artery. Objective In this report, we describe a representative ...

In patients with peripheral artery disease, radial artery access is safe and feasible for peripheral vascular intervention. Radial artery access is safe and feasible for peripheral vascular ...

The recognition of ulnar artery thrombosis as a disease can be traced back to 1929 when Edgar Allen, [1] a fellow in medicine at the Mayo Clinic, described a diagnostic maneuver (Allen's test) to ...