Stents are commonly used during procedures like angioplasty, where a catheter is inserted into a blocked artery.

At the recent European Society of Cardiology Congress 2005, I had the honor of co-chairing, with my colleague Prof. Gitt, a fascinating session on stent thrombosis and drug-eluting stents (DES). As we ...

Heart stents have transformed the treatment of coronary artery disease, or CAD, helping restore blood flow and prevent heart attacks. But many patients are surprised to learn that a stented artery can ...

Each year, nearly a million Americans undergo implantation of heart stents. These tiny, wiry tubes of woven metal help prop open the coronary arteries, which supply the heart muscle with blood. Though ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Patients at high risk for bleeding following PCI treated with a novel drug-coated polymer-free stent (BioFreedom, Biosensors) had significantly better safety and efficacy results ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning clinicians that patients implanted with Abbott Laboratories’ Absorb dissolving stent may experience more heart issues than those implanted with the ...

Opening all blocked arteries with stents in patients with a heart attack, known as complete revascularization, reduces the risk of death from cardiovascular causes, death from any cause and future ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new independent analysis shows similar risks of blood clots in patients receiving Johnson & Johnson's Cypher stent and Boston Scientific Corp.'s Taxus stent, Boston Scientific ...

A polymer-free, drug-coated stent (DCS) gives markedly better outcomes than a bare metal stent (BMS) in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and risk factors for bleeding, report researchers.

Patients with diabetes have an increased risk of complications after stent implantation, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in Diabetes Care. The study, which includes ...

Oct 30 (Reuters) - (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To receive it in your inbox for free sign up here, opens new ...