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

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 ...

Direct stenting should always be considered as ... operators during a 10-year period (2000–2009). Conducted at Cardiac Cath Lab, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen ...

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

MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center has once again earned national acclaim for its coronary intervention services, ...

typically through open-heart surgery," Zahn said. To place the stent, an interventional cardiologist makes a tiny hole in the ...

VHS Chennai unveils advanced cath lab and coronary care unit in partnership with The Sanmar Group for cutting-edge cardiac ...

Shabana Shahanavaz, pediatric cardiologist and director of the cardiac catheterization lab at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, ...

Heavily calcified blockages are more challenging to open with balloon angioplasty, which may lead to stent complications including heart attacks. One option cardiologists use to avoid this in ...