In the US, nearly two million stents are implanted every year, and they can be life-saving during a heart attack. But they may not always be the best treatment method for coronary artery disease.

Stents are often placed during a heart attack, so this is not always a procedure you'll be able to prepare for. In the case that it is — most commonly to relieve symptoms of chest pain ...

The $90m will be used to launch the second of two pivotal trials examining the company’s therapy for patients living with heart failure.

A local man had a hole in his heart repaired without surgery! The cardiology team at Orlando Health and Arnold Palmer were ...

The stent will remain in place permanently ... observation unit where nurses and physician will monitor your condition closely. Your vital signs (heart rate and blood pressure) and the area in which ...

Brain stents help keep the blood flowing in the brain, placed into narrow places within a blood vessel to prop it open and ...

Florida and Illinois have the most top-ranked hospitals for stent placement in the U. S. , according to the WebMD Choice Awards.

The balloon presses the plaque against the walls of the artery. This makes more room for blood to flow. The doctor may also put a stent in your artery. A stent is a small tube that helps keep the ...

The use of drug-eluting stents (DES) has become widespread as a result of their superior revascularization rates compared with those of bare-metal stents (BMS). 1 DES are increasingly being used ...

[1] With the ever decreasing diameters of delivery systems, self-expanding metal mesh stents can be easily inserted in an outpatient procedure using conscious sedation. And, with advancement in ...