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 ...
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.