Delaying noncardiac surgeries for three to six months following a heart attack appears safer for those who undergo r ...

In this procedure, a new valve is inserted through a catheter ... has long been an important part of managing coronary artery ...

Police have registered three FIRs over the death of two PMJAY beneficiaries due to unnecessary and botched angioplasty at an Ahmedabad hospital and arrested the doctor who performed the heart ...

Angioplasty is a procedure that widens blocked or narrowed coronary arteries to improve blood flow to the heart. A ...

At the same time, metal-free percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI ... such as selecting the appropriate stent size and optimizing stent placement. IVUS-guided PCI has been shown to reduce the risk ...

The Gujarat government on 12 November, Tuesday, ordered a probe into the death of two persons, enrolled under the Ayushman ...

A “bioadaptive” stent might circumvent the slow accumulation of target lesion failure that has been a consistent weakness of ...

Instead of a large incision, the procedure involves making small punctures in the femoral arteries in the groin and one beneath the collarbone to deliver a custom stent graft. This graft includes ...

Stents are, of course, used in other scenarios to open large arteries. The new stent, with its unique pinched-in-the-middle ...

Cardiovascular disease, sometimes abbreviated as CVD, is the leading cause of death worldwide. It’s a catchall term for heart ...

Stenting also offers a means to ameliorate heart disease symptoms, including angina and shortness of breath, ultimately ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when there's a blockage in the arteries that carry blood and oxygen to the heart muscle. CAD is the most common type of ...