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 ...

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 ...

As next steps, the researchers plan to develop a version that works with metal stents. In the longer term, they will further miniaturize the sensor—allowing several sensors to be distributed ...

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 ...

ANGELA STENT is Professor Emerita at Georgetown University and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. From 2004 to 2006, she served as National Intelligence Officer for Russia and ...

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 ...