(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the rate of target-vessel failure does not differ significantly for those receiving a bioresorbable vascular scaffold or a metallic stent, according ...
Mar 30, 2017
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Physician researchers at Thomas Jefferson University suspect that some cases of coronary artery spasm go unrecognized and are incorrectly treated with stents. The good news - there could be a simple fix to eliminate these ...
Mar 20, 2017
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Patients receiving the Absorb everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS), a dissolving stent to open clogged vessels around the heart, showed outcomes comparable with patients receiving the Xience drug-eluting ...
Mar 20, 2017
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Four times, Elaine Paparella Vandeputte underwent balloon angioplasty to clear dangerous blockages in her right coronary artery, usually also having stents implanted to prop open the blood vessel.
Jan 16, 2017
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A knitted rag sock inspired this professor and MD to develop a stent that can easily be removed after it has done its job.
Jan 12, 2017
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The Baim Institute has announced that patient enrollment into the international Phase IIIb RE-DUAL PCI study is complete. The study evaluates the safety and efficacy of dabigatran etexilate in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients ...
Nov 14, 2016
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Preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) with stent placement has been commonly used for patients with malignant biliary obstruction. In PBD, the placement of fully covered self-expandable metal stents (FCSEMSs) may provide better ...
Nov 3, 2016
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A first-in-human study of a new polymer-free drug-filled stent, which provides controlled drug elution from an internal lumen, indicated non-inferior in-stent late lumen loss at nine-months compared with historical zotarolimus-eluting ...
Oct 31, 2016
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A major international study has found that drug-eluting stents, a less-invasive alternative to bypass surgery, are as effective as surgery for many patients with a blockage in the left main coronary artery.
Oct 31, 2016
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Although percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is most commonly guided by angiography alone, results from a new study investigating adjunctive imaging modalities showed that the use of a novel optical coherence tomography ...
Oct 31, 2016
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