This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent procedure. On the morning of the ... will monitor your condition closely. Your vital signs (heart rate and ...

Advances in PCI over the past decade mean the procedure can now approximate results only previously achieved with open-heart bypass surgery, new data show.

Ahmedabad: The state health department announced on Thursday that new pricing guidelines for cardiac stents used in ...

Patients who have a stent implanted to open a blocked coronary artery face dual risks of developing blood clots and of having ...

The stent keeps the ductus open after the baby is born, giving infants with heart conditions like Cayden’s the chance to receive better blood flow even when the heart itself can’t pump enough.

Panelist James Hermiller, MD (Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, IN), said the “sweet spot” for Agent may be as a go-to option after a second stent, but he added that as a rule, it may ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Millions of medical procedures every year rely on stents—small mesh-like tubes—to keep body channels open when diseases threaten to close them off. These stents help restore blood ...

25), South Korean researchers report that for patients at high risk for bleeding following stent implantation, three months of DAPT was better than one month at reducing heart attacks, strokes and ...