Purpose: The mechanism of action and pharmacokinetics of sirolimus when used as part of a drug-eluting stent (DES) and the efficacy and cost of using DESs versus bare-metal stents are discussed.
PARIS -- To mitigate the risk of acute coronary obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), chimney stenting and electrosurgical leaflet laceration performed similarly -- albeit ...
Elixir Medical's DynamX Bioadaptor restores natural artery function, reducing the risk of future cardiac events.
New research could change standard-of-care guidelines to improve outcomes for heart attack patients after coronary stenting procedures. Withdrawing aspirin one month after percutaneous coronary ...
Using intravascular imaging to visualize narrowed coronary arteries improves outcomes after stenting
Patients with complex coronary artery disease who underwent a stenting procedure guided by intravascular imaging were nearly 40% less likely to die of heart disease, have a heart attack caused by a ...
In one of the longest studies to date in high-risk heart disease, researchers found no significant difference in death rates over more than 10 years—as well as in cases of heart attack or ...
Operators performed closed-chest bypass before TAVI in a high-risk patient with decompensated HF due to a failing aortic ...
More than a fifth of all coronary stents given to Medicare patients at hospitals nationwide from 2019 to 2021 are medically unnecessary, driving more than $2.4 billion in unnecessary program spending ...
Researchers have created a new noninvasive technique for performing a type of artery bypass that may change the future of ...
Researchers have identified in a new study that both super-high-pressure noncompliant balloons and cutting balloons are ...
For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.
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