Stents restore blood flow by keeping arteries open with a metal scaffold tube. Dr. Wiley emphasized multiple stents over time are common and not alarming. Stents rarely impact lifestyle; risk ...

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

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other coronary arteries also appear to be narrowed, it is safe to wait and treat ...

A new study conducted by researchers at the Imperial College London suggests that the placebo effect experienced by patients who receive coronary artery stents might be larger than expected, even ...

Sanford Aberdeen (S.D.) Medical Center recently performed the first robot-assisted angioplasty for an acute heart attack patient and achieved a door-to-balloon time far below the national average. The ...

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other coronary arteries also appear to be narrowed, it is safe to wait and treat ...

Over the years, stents, small metal devices placed inside blood vessels around the heart, have revolutionized cardiac care, allowing many patients with narrowed or blocked coronary arteries to forgo ...

Doctors tried stents, surgeries and procedures, but Fenyak’s heart continued to fail. Her cardiologist presented two options: ...

Bill Self, who had a pair of stents inserted in a heart procedure just three weeks ago at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, played a round of golf Friday morning before holding a back-to-school news ...