Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary angioplasty with stenting restores heart's blood flow and manages atherosclerosis. Knowledge is always your best ally when it comes to heart health ...

As compared with thrombolytic therapy, primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in acute myocardial infarction reduces the rates of death, reinfarction, and stroke, but recurrent ...

Lesions in small coronary arteries account for up to half of all coronary stenoses, but it is unclear whether stenting or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) represents the best ...

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital discovered that blockages in the right coronary artery and those in bending areas of the coronary artery are the most common places for dissection ...

Fatty deposits, called atherosclerotic plaque, can build up in coronary arteries interfering with blood flow to your heart muscle. To open narrowed arteries, your surgeon may perform a coronary ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Last October, on one of her walks with her dog, Emmett, 76-year-old Eileen Aviss felt tightness in her chest. She went home and Googled the symptoms to try to figure out what ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is not a generally accepted option for infants or toddlers with acute coronary syndrome. However, a new report has found coronary stent implantation to be a ...

Interventional cardiology made its debut 27 years ago, when Andreas Grüntzig performed the first percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in a human. Since then, rapid expansion of our knowledge ...

An interventional cardiology team has successfully completed the first two robotically-assisted coronary angioplasty/stent procedures in California. The interventional cardiology team led by Ehtisham ...

A webinar on ‘Forging New Paths in Complex Coronary Angioplasty and Stenting’ will be hosted at 11.30 a.m. on August 26 as part of The Hindu Wellness series. This edition of the webinar, presented by ...