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

A 42 years old male patient was admitted with resuscitated sudden cardiac death. Electrocardiogram revealed ST segment elevation in leads II, III, and aVF. After crossing the lesion with a floppy ...

CHICAGO.-- Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute recently enrolled its first subject in ABSORB III, a clinical trial to study a "disappearing" heart device for the treatment of coronary artery ...

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

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

In one of the longest studies to date in high-risk heart disease, researchers found no significant difference in death rates over more than 10 years—as well as in cases of heart attack or ...

The FDA approved a new emergency stent device to treat perforations in the blood vessels of the heart, the agency’s first new treatment option in the indication in 17 years. Deep tears in coronary ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --For patients with stable angina, coronary artery stents may have more of a placebo effect than previously thought, researchers in England report in a new study. Researchers from the ...

The delivery of coronary artery stents is a procedure that affects over 1 million patients each year in the United States. With an aging population, the declining cost of stents and reimbursement ...

Purpose: The mechanism of action and pharmacokinetics of sirolimus when used as part of a drug-eluting stent (DES) and the efficacy and cost of using DESs versus bare-metal stents are discussed.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced it has approved a coronary stent system for the treatment of patients with acute coronary ...

Everolimus-eluting stents are the most effective treatment for in-stent restenosis, according to a new network meta-analysis published in The Lancet. The incidence of in-stent restenosis after ...