Two of the company’s aortic stents have displayed potential to improve patient outcomes post-surgery.

Abbreviated dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention using third-generation stents remained ...

Drug-coated balloons are gaining attention as a stent-free angioplasty option, offering a “leave nothing behind” approach ...

Heart attack patients who get an emergency angioplasty to open a blocked artery also should routinely have a stent inserted to keep the blood vessel from clogging again, a large study concludes.

In a move that many hope will increase the dismally low numbers of patients undergoing primary angioplasty in India, lawmakers have declared that coronary stents are “essential medicines.” Prices for ...

Stents are now used in approximately 80% of all percutaneous coronary interventions. [1,2] Although stents were initially used primarily to reduce restenosis after balloon angioplasty in large vessels ...

Dr. David Faxon answers the question: 'Blood Thinners Used After Angioplasty?' — -- Question: What kinds of blood thinners do I have to take after an angioplasty (with our without a stent ...

Mar. 31 -- SUNDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- In heart attack patients who had angioplasty, the anticoagulant drugs abciximab and tirofiban produced similar outcomes for certain cardiac measures ...

Early this year, doctors told 65-year-old Ron Rogan that he needed a metal stent to prop open an artery that was causing shortness of breath. Before the procedure, they asked him to join a ...

Medical experts say George W. Bush should be able to lead a normal life after recovery Stents act as scaffolding to prop open blocked arteries%2C allowing blood to flow Cardiologist%3A Even a healthy ...

Hollywood, FL—Angioplasty with a drug-coated balloon for the treatment of in-stent restenosis of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) achieves significantly better patency at 12 months compared with ...