I’ve heard mixed opinions about stents for treating coronary artery disease. Are they really beneficial, especially for ...

During an angioplasty procedure, doctors open the blocked artery with a balloon catheter and insert a stent to keep the artery open and blood flowing effectively. The stent permanently remains in ...

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

Discover how a combined one-stop endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) and stenting approach enhances outcomes for varicose veins ...

Expanded stent physically opens a blocked blood vessel, but interactions between the metal surface and vascular cells can either promote healing or lead to adverse effects. The research team led ...

Drug-eluting stents reduce the occurrence of in-stent restenosis and the need for subsequent target vessel revascularization when compared with bare-metal stents. However, drug-eluting stents may ...

A 73-year-old Pune man experienced two years of stomach pain and jaundice due to a forgotten stent. Inserted during a 2022 bile duct procedure, the stent was meant to be removed after six weeks ...

Gore & Associates announced the recent CE Mark approval of a lower-profile Gore Viabahn VBX balloon expandable endoprosthes ...

Should I receive stents, or would it be better to have bypass surgery? A: Chest discomfort that occurs with exercise, known as stable angina, is quite common — about half a million cases are ...

(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) A novel stent surface treatment technology using laser patterning can revolutionise surgeries for heart diseases, according to a study on Thursday.