He or she moves the balloon to the narrowed area and inflates it. The balloon presses the plaque against the walls of the artery. This makes more room for blood to flow. The doctor may also put a ...

The ASTRAL trial, the largest randomized trial of renal artery stenting, failed to demonstrate any benefit of renal stenting over medical therapy. [20] This was a multicenter randomized trial that ...

The procedural and technical advances of renal stenting continue to evolve. The use of renal artery-designed embolic protection devices along with powerful direct thrombin inhibition and ...

The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach ... may be experiencing a tear or dissection of the aorta. Left untreated ...

While effective in opening blocked arteries, issues like vessel recoiling, dissection ... paved the way for the development of metallic stents, first implanted in 1986, which offered stability ...

cardiac catheterization demonstrated traumatic dissection of the left anterior descending coronary artery with older thrombi, which was then treated by implantation of a stent. Inflammatory ...

Abbott’s stent is an everolimus-eluting resorbable scaffold system that treats lesions via vessel recoil and dissection ... the treatment of peripheral artery disease below the knee.