“In terms of insertion technique, the procedure is much the same as placing a stent in an affected artery, so there was no need to learn a major new set of skills for this new treatment paradigm.

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD ... arteries so that blood can travel through the new graft vessel and around the narrowed or blocked area. General anesthesia or an injection in the spine (epidural) ...

Several types of surgery can restore blood flow to the legs, a procedure called lower ... which creates a new path around a ...

Typically, they would have placed a replacement inside the diseased valve by threading it through an artery in his groin up to the heart, a minimally invasive procedure known as transcatheter ...