PCI of these lesions often requires novel devices, such as drug-eluting stents, hydrophilic guidewires ... the next major technical challenge is balloon dilatation of the lesion, which is ...

It goes into the artery in your groin or leg. He or she moves the balloon to the narrowed area and inflates it. The balloon presses the plaque against the walls of the artery. This makes more room for ...

Summary: The use of balloon angioplasty with or without coronary artery stenting is limited by the phenomenon of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Until very recently, most efforts to overcome ISR had ...

Scripps Clinic interventional cardiologist Paul Teirstein, M.D., became the first in Southern California to use a newly approved drug-coated balloon to clear a clogged stent that previously had ...

COIMBATORE: A 25-year-old woman from Tirunelveli who was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta (COA), a rare congenital ...

Coimbatore: A 24-year-old woman from Tirunelveli was taken to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on December ...

The cardiology team at National Taiwan University Hsinchu Branch is pioneering the use of Microsoft HoloLens 2 mixed reality ...