Background Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty has emerged as a potential stent-free strategy for percutaneous coronary ...

A heart stent can restore blood flow and save lives, but it does not eliminate the risk of future heart attacks. A ...

Each year more than 500,000 Americans undergo percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI, a minimally invasive procedure to unclog the arteries that feed the heart. While PCI, which includes both ...

Smokers needed their blocked arteries fixed nearly a decade earlier than non-smokers, and patients with obesity underwent these procedures four years earlier than non-obese patients, according to a ...

DALLAS, June 29 – Repeating balloon angioplasty and/or stenting procedures to open narrowed arteries in elderly patients may add more than $700 million a year to Medicare expenses, according to a ...

Heidelberg, Germany - Results of a randomized trial of carotid stenting vs endarterectomy in symptomatic patients has failed to demonstrate noninferiority of the stenting procedure [1]. The trial, ...

A heart problem rarely arrives very silently. Chest discomfort, breathlessness, or an abnormal stress test can suddenly bring unfamiliar medical terms into everyday conversations. Among the most ...

Folks who've had a clogged artery reopened probably can stop taking blood thinners sooner than previously thought, a new study argues. Patients are regularly prescribed blood thinners for a year or ...

The FiberNet Embolic Protection System is a temporary, intravascular, 0.014-inch wire-based filter system that is placed distal to a lesion to be treated by interventional procedures (Figures 1 & 2).