There's been little doctors can do to help patients in this situation, but a newly developed 'hourglass' stent may be a novel treatment option Most patients in a small new trial could resume ...

Stent thrombosis is a rare but potentially life threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It develops when a blood clot blocks blood flow through your stent. A coronary ...

Abbott has delivered new, longer-term data from a clinical study of its dissolving stent for severe peripheral artery disease ...

Endologix announced final 36-month results for the DETOUR2 study evaluating its Detour system for treating peripheral ...

This is called jaundice. Jaundice can make you feel unwell. Your doctor may suggest that you have a small tube called a stent put in your bile duct to keep it open. The stent is made of plastic or ...

Stents to treat various blockages in the human body can themselves become blocked, but a new sensor developed at the ...

Stents can also be placed in brain blood vessels to treat strokes caused by artery narrowing. This neurovascular intervention involves inserting a stent through a small needle in the leg or hand ...

Stents to treat various blockages in the human body can themselves become blocked, but a new sensor developed at the University of Michigan for stents that are used in the bile duct may one day ...

To complicate things, patients may also develop delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions to metals (ie, in-stent restenosis, prosthesis loosening, inflammation, pain, or allergic contact dermatitis ...

A newly FDA- approved stent designed to grow with the child offers a better option.Oct. 17, 2024 ...

The Espirit everolimus-eluting scaffold. [Image from the Abbott website] Abbott (NYSE:ABT) today announced data demonstrating ...

This topic was extensively reviewed recently by Honori and colleagues. [12] Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stent placement are becoming an increasingly common and effective ...