The recently approved device simplifies operator manipulations by loading a balloon and filter onto the stent.

Background Whether the safety and efficacy of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS) is significantly different from that of medical treatment alone for symptomatic intracranial ...

Stents and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) treat blocked arteries and coronary artery disease (CAD). Stents are a less invasive option, while CABG is a major surgery. Your healthcare provider ...

The presence of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis identifies patients with ... studies have identified renal artery angioplasty and stenting as a safe therapy associated with improved blood ...

A 38‐year‐old woman, 26 weeks pregnant with a history of hypertension, renal artery stenosis, and thrombocytopenia ... She underwent left transverse venous sinus angioplasty and stenting, achieving ...

While endovascular treatment of those conditions is well‐established, stenting of vertebral artery (VA) compression stenosis due to cervical facet hypertrophy is uncommon. We describe a case of VA ...

Q: I’ve heard mixed opinions about stents for treating coronary artery disease. Are they really beneficial, especially for someone with stable coronary artery disease? A: This is a great ...

A condition called carotid artery stenosis means that one or both of these arteries are narrowed. Blood flow to the brain is reduced. This can lead to stroke. Carotid angioplasty and stenting can help ...

Background Intracranial arterial stenting is a technique for the treatment of symptomatic stenosis. In this single-center retrospective ... Predominantly, stenoses were found in the middle cerebral ...

Medically reviewed by Jenny A. Dhingra, MD Balloon angioplasty, also known as percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), is ...

1 Within the next year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a highly restrictive National Coverage Decision (NCD), which limited the use of transfemoral carotid artery stenting ...