No IVUS was performed before stent placement in either group. In the angiography-directed (AG) arm, procedural success was defined as <10% stent diameter stenosis compared with the distal ...

Recurring angina chest pain in people with a certain type of heart disease can be tough to treat, but a new hourglass- ...

or first or second generation drug eluting stents (DES) in large scale, broadly inclusive patient populations undergoing follow-up angiography represents a gap in our scientific knowledge. We ...

Case: A 67-year-old female presented for her fifth surveillance coronary angiography nine and a half years after her heart transplant. The angiogram revealed ostial right ... Three overlapping ...

A Mayo Clinic study suggests that an hourglass-shaped stent could improve blood flow and ease severe and reoccurring chest ...

About 40% of patients receiving a diagnostic coronary angiogram for chest pain ... reduction in blood flow affecting the heart muscle. Unlike tube-shaped stents used to open clogged arteries ...

A study at Mayo Clinic suggests that an hourglass-shaped stent could improve blood flow and ease severe and reoccurring chest ...

This prospective study revisits DUS criteria for determining the rate of in-stent restenosis. In analyzing a subset of 12 patients (pilot study) who had both completion carotid angiography and DUS ...

A cardiac CT angiogram is a test that essentially ... he might need open heart surgery and as many as three stents to avoid a major heart attack. Luckily, he was able to remove the plaque with ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

Up to two-thirds of people who get a diagnostic coronary angiogram for ... It's thought that the stent's unique design helps increase "back pressure," on the heart's smaller vessels, to better ...