A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most prevalent form of heart disease, affecting approximately 18 million adults in the ...

Treating narrowed or blocked heart arteries has evolved over the past 40 years. This week, the FDA approved the latest step in that evolution — a stent that dissolves away, leaving nothing behind.

Opening all blocked arteries with stents in patients with a heart attack, known as complete revascularization, reduces the ...

New research found a simplified clot-preventing medication regimen following stent placement in adults with atrial ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --For patients with stable angina, coronary artery stents may have more of a placebo effect than previously thought, researchers in England report in a new study. Researchers from the ...

A self-expanding nitinol stent is associated with high patency and durability in patients with atherosclerotic popliteal artery disease, according to a study published in the January 2013 issue of ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio A commonly used stenting procedure to ...

The FDA approved a new emergency stent device to treat perforations in the blood vessels of the heart, the agency’s first new treatment option in the indication in 17 years. Deep tears in coronary ...

If the lesion involves the CCA and the ICA, the stent has to cover the carotid bifurcation completely. Flow disturbances in the ICA occur if the stent is positioned in the bulb. [9] In our experience, ...

A bioadaptor implant that actively adapts to vessel physiology was linked to lower target lesion failure and target vessel ...

Vascular. 2005;13(4):205-210. The number of connectors is not the only factor influencing stent flexibility. More important is the way in which the connectors are shaped straight bridges are less ...