Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Key Takeaways Bypass surgery is better than stents for serious heart disease.A stent is less invasive and usually faster to recover from than bypass ...

A recent study found that effective treatment for clogged arteries may differ for men and women, according to research ...

Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits ...

PARIS, France—Two techniques to deal with potential coronary obstruction after TAVI—chimney stenting and the BASILICA procedure—are equally successful when it comes to preventing this rare but ...

After receiving a stent to treat a narrowed coronary artery, you may be back to your normal activities within a week. But you may have to make some lifestyle changes to maintain healthy heart function ...

ATLANTA, GA (March 14, 2006) -- Cardiologists are continually searching for the most effective and non-invasive methods of treatment for their patients. Two studies presented today at the American ...

New research could change standard-of-care guidelines to improve outcomes for heart attack patients after coronary stenting procedures. Withdrawing aspirin one month after percutaneous coronary ...

More than a fifth of all coronary stents given to Medicare patients at hospitals nationwide from 2019 to 2021 are medically unnecessary, driving more than $2.4 billion in unnecessary program spending ...

Females with heart disease are often treated with stenting, a procedure in which a tiny wire-mesh tube is slipped inside a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 68 and in good shape; I work out daily. I had a few episodes of angina two to three years ago and started going to a cardiologist as a result. I have had quite a few tests done, ...

A stent thrombosis is a blood clot that forms within a coronary stent. It can be a complication of stent placement to open a narrowed artery. A coronary stent is a mesh tube that opens a narrowed or ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Coronary stent infections are highly fatal and represent an understudied complication following PCI, a new analysis highlights. “Several important questions about coronary stent ...