Current procedure for treating heart attacks involves quickly unblocking the clogged artery that caused the attack with a stent insertion. A new study looked at the possibility of treating more than ...

Carotid stent surgery is one of two procedures that can be used to treat carotid artery stenosis. This procedure is considered a less invasive option with a faster recovery time. However, it does have ...

After multiple blocked arteries, this executive learned a crucial truth: stents can open arteries, but they cannot stop heart ...

A knitted rag sock inspired this professor and MD to develop a stent that can easily be removed after it has done its job. Two years ago MD/PhD Erney Mattsson from the Norwegian University of Science ...

It's a big phrase for less invasive surgery. For many years, the standard of surgery for people that have a bad blockage, is to open up the neck, clean out the blockage, and sew the artery back ...

Congestion, headaches, and sinus infections burden the lives of nearly 30 million Americans suffering from chronic sinusitis each year. For Lizette Serrano, relentless allergies and asthma attacks led ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I need an objective opinion. I’m an active 75-year-old male who had two drug-eluting stents placed in my heart approximately seven months ago. I have noticed no difference. I have low ...

In the 3 years following stent implantation, non-bypass surgery occurs in almost a quarter of patients and imparts few ischemic or bleeding complications, according to a large Japanese registry study ...

SEEMS LIKE A DISTANT MEMORY. A WOMAN WHO SAW OUR REPORT LAST YEAR AND CONTACTED DR. KIM UNDERSTANDS THAT COMPLETELY. HERE’S HER STOR AS MICHELLE HARRIS RUNS A LOOP THROUGH MEADOWOOD PARK, SHE IS DOING ...

Now that unnecessary heart-stent procedures happen significantly less often, doctors are flagging a new area of concern: unnecessary leg stents. Some physicians are stenting leg arteries and removing ...

A knitted rag sock inspired this professor and MD to develop a stent that can easily be removed after it has done its job. A knitted rag sock inspired this professor and MD to develop a stent that can ...