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 ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — North Little Rock Officer Tommy Norman announced Friday that he had another successful surgery following his heart attack in March. The officer, well known for his community ...

A baby from Pueblo is making medical history after becoming the first patient in Colorado to receive a new type of expandable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Hargadon in his workshop at home in Georgetown. Hargadon was the first person in the United States to receive the CGuard ...

Jerry Bailey was awake while a medical team at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital reopened one of his previously stented arteries using a new heart procedure. "It's working," the 73-year-old said a few ...

A pipeline stent is a treatment for a brain aneurysm. It’s a minimally invasive procedure that blocks blood flow through the affected part of the blood vessel. Doctors treat brain aneurysms at risk of ...

Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX, popularly known as BD, recently announced that it has received CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Revello Vascular Covered Stent. With this approval, BD ...

People with several clogged heart arteries fared better if they had bypass surgery rather than a less-drastic procedure in which the blood vessels are propped open with tiny mesh cylinders called ...

Those flimsy, wallet-sized pieces of paper that detail the type, size, and location of the stent implanted? After roughly 4 years after device implantation, just under half of patients still carry ...