Summary: The use of balloon angioplasty with or without coronary artery stenting is limited by the phenomenon of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Until very recently, most efforts to overcome ISR had ...

Opening a blocked artery with balloons and stents can be lifesaving but as Gujarat deaths show, cases of misuse are also ...

UVA researchers and colleagues found adding an extra tool to a common diagnostic technique can help doctors more accurately ...

Compared with a contemporary zotarolimus drug-eluting stent, a coronary bioadaptor system is noninferior among patients with CAD receiving PCI.

The following is a summary of “Evaluation of Small Vessel Bifurcation Stenting Using the Double-Kissing Culotte and Culotte ...

A coronary stent is an expandable metal mesh coil that helps open an artery that supplies the heart with blood. It’s used to prevent a heart attack or help improve survival after one occurs.

A new technology that allows doctors to quantify blood flow in the heart can improve their ability to diagnose potentially ...

When the UVA researchers and their international colleagues added blood-flow measurements to the mix, it improved their ...

Contemporary management of coronary artery disease relies increasingly ... such as drug-eluting stents, hydrophilic guidewires, distal protection balloons or filters, thrombectomy catheters ...