Opening a blocked artery with balloons and stents can be lifesaving ... whether some doctors are advising unnecessary stents for patients whose heart conditions can be managed with drug therapy.

KOCHI: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of mortality worldwide, claiming an estimated 17.9 million ...

M.D., became the first in Southern California to use a newly approved drug-coated balloon to clear a clogged stent that previously had been placed in a blocked heart vessel. The procedure ...

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 ...

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

This lets the doctor see any narrowed parts of the arteries. If your doctor finds a narrowed artery, he or she may do an angioplasty. To do this, the doctor uses a catheter with a balloon at the tip.

The metal device, used for treating cardiac patients with narrowing of the heart arteries, was developed by Innovatech Medical, housed at the Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology ...

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

The OST is based on a simple technique using one stent. This is the best technique in bifurcation lesions with a small side branch that can be ignored. This is also the best technique that is ...

As atherosclerosis affects the whole body, people with mesenteric artery narrowing often have other cardiovascular conditions such as carotid artery disease and heart disease. In mesenteric artery ...