PCI of these lesions often requires novel devices, such as drug-eluting stents, hydrophilic guidewires, distal protection balloons or filters, thrombectomy catheters, rotational atherectomy ...

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.

Doctors working on a clinical trial for treatment of heart disease held back key data, Newsnight has been told. The Excel trial tested whether stents were as effective as open heart surgery at ...

Highly-invasive surgeries have been the standard treatment for babies born with heart defects for decades. A newly FDA- approved stent designed to grow with the child offers a better option.