Can heart stents decline over time or need replacement? A cardiologist explains how stents work, why problems can develop, ...

New clinical results highlight the need for inclusive approaches and comprehensive examinations of treatment options for peripheral artery disease (PAD), including endovascular therapy and ...

June 10, 2004 — Pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis with reteplase and the Helix mechanical thrombectomy device followed by early stent placement is a safe and effective treatment for ...

Not long ago, certain coronary artery blockages were considered untreatable with angioplasty. Patients with left main disease, long-standing total occlusions, heavily calcified arteries, or complex ...

Two P2Y12 inhibitors often used interchangeably, ticagrelor and prasugrel (antiplatelet medications prescribed to prevent the formation of blood clots), had different impacts on outcomes in patients ...

FILE - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, center, leads the official door-opening ceremony of lower Manhattan's St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. The spiritual leader of ...

A stent thrombosis is a blood clot that forms within a coronary stent. It can be a complication of stent placement to open a narrowed artery. A coronary stent is a mesh tube that opens a narrowed or ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 75-year-old wife had two third generation medicine-eluting stents inserted into a branch of the left anterior coronary artery in January 2020. On 75 mg of clopidogrel and 81 mg of ...