Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. Sometimes it’s a problem you’re born with, or it develops over time.

and new tissue grows around it, enabling the stent to become much like the normal lining of your artery. Stents are often placed during a heart attack, so this is not always a procedure you'll be ...

On the morning of the stent procedure, make sure you take aspirin and other blood ... After discharge, call us immediately if you have any new symptoms or worsening of the symptoms you had before the ...

Once the blockage has cleared, the stent is ready for removal. This procedure takes 1 to 2 minutes and usually takes place in the hospital. In rare cases, doctors perform the procedure in the ...

Serenity Medical announced the publication of 1-year results of the RIVER study by Athos Patsalides, MD, et al in Journal of N ...

Dr. Patel also says that a new stent, called the “Synergy Megatron ... we're able to do some of these procedures, whereas, in the past, we wouldn't even try it.” Stents are permanent ...

The recently approved device simplifies operator manipulations by loading a balloon and filter onto the stent.

"InspireMD and NAMSA to begin study of carotid stent system for TCAR procedures" was originally created and published by Medical Device Network, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this ...

Five new studies add to the evidence base comparing the benefits and risks of drug-eluting and bare-metal stents, but they don't resolve the controversy. Recent reports comparing drug-eluting ...