A stent is tubular in shape and usually made of metal or ceramic. It is designed to keep a part of the coronary artery open. Coronary arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood to the heart ...

Critics say a new, broader definition of high-risk plaque opens the door to more tests, diagnoses, and invasive procedures, steering us down a potentially harmful path.

The process involves combining coronary angioplasty with stenting, which is the insertion ... to visualise the blood vessels on X-ray imaging. After this, an interventional cardiologist can ...

Stents may help certain patients with coronary artery disease Stents are ... Some patients whose blockages are discovered after an imaging test, for example, and not causing physical symptoms ...

as do lesions in other bifurcations in the coronary tree. Palmerini et al. evaluated the impact of lesion location and the role of one versus two stents for the treatment of distal left main ...

The DCB looks good in select cases, but given its high price tag, exactly when to use it is still up for discussion, say ...

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Summary: The use of balloon angioplasty with or without coronary artery stenting is limited by the phenomenon of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Until very recently, most efforts to overcome ISR had ...

Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Patel Children's Heart Institute at St ... network of ambulatory services includes laboratories, imaging, surgical centers, BayCare Urgent Care locations ...