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

The multiple-stent groups had a greater proportion of patients aged ≥65 years, a higher incidence of multivessel disease, multiple and more complex lesions, long lesions, small minimum lumen ...

Stent failure was defined arbitrarily as clinical occlusion of the stent within 30 days of placement. X-rays were reviewed as available to measure stricture length and location in patients with ...

In the US, nearly two million stents are implanted every year, and they can be life-saving during a heart attack. But they may not always be the best treatment method for coronary artery disease.

The $90m will be used to launch the second of two pivotal trials examining the company’s therapy for patients living with ...

In the pioneering years of CAS, an attempt was made to implant balloon-expandable stents to open up the internal carotid artery (ICA) or common carotid artery (CCA). Owing to the superficial ...