A research team has demonstrated that clopidogrel is more effective than aspirin as a long-term antiplatelet therapy in ...

Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear to be better at improving cognitive function than medi ...

The different geometries and working principles of carotid stents (nitinol or cobalt chromium, open- or closed-cell configuration) provide each product with unique functional properties. The ...

Next-generation vascular stents can make cardiovascular therapies minimally invasive and vascular treatments safe and less ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results from a registry analysis indicated high rates of procedural success after pulmonary artery stenting, but ...

Factors that may play a role in these disappointing results regarding preservation of renal function include the global burden of atherosclerosis, renal parenchymal and small vessel arterial disease, ...

Bifurcation lesions are a challenge, even for an experienced cardiac surgeon. Currently, there are two surgical techniques for dealing with them, but no medical consensus on which one applies to which ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.—Carotid artery stenting remains a practical alternative to carotid endarterectomy in patients at average- or high-risk for surgery, according to new data from the SAPPHIRE and ...

Neither stenting nor endarterectomy provided a boost versus medical therapy alone in patients with asymptomatic stenosis.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A carotid stenting system had few adverse events for patients with carotid artery stenosis. The stroke rate was ...

Treating narrowed or blocked heart arteries has evolved over the past 40 years. This week, the FDA approved the latest step in that evolution — a stent that dissolves away, leaving nothing behind.

Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients' cognitive skills, according to ...