It is used in a procedure called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Coronary stents are now used in more than 90% of PCI procedures. Stents reduce angina (chest pain) and have been shown to ...

Coronary angioplasty and stenting are common medical procedures used to widen a narrowed artery and restore optimal blood flow to the heart. During an angioplasty procedure, doctors open the ...

Evidence confirmed the superiority of CABG surgery over balloon angioplasty ... This Review summarizes the knowledge on coronary stenting in diabetics. Although the rate of restenosis is ...

If one or more of the coronary arteries develops a blockage it prevents your heart from getting the blood and oxygen that it needs to function properly. CABG can often be combined with and performed ...

But they may not always be the best treatment method for coronary artery disease. Here's what you need to know about stenting procedures and when a stent might be necessary for you. A stent is ...

On the day before your treatment, you may be asked to withhold some of your blood pressure medication. This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent ...

A new trial refutes this finding. The subjects, 636 patients who underwent successful coronary stenting, were randomized to an initial intravenous bolus and a 6-month oral regimen of either ...

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 ...

A Bassett Healthcare Network physician is telling the story of his own health scare. According to a Bassett news release, a week before Christmas, Dr. William Fredette was carrying firewood when he ...