Heart stents effectively treat coronary artery disease, but arteries can re-block over time due to restenosis, atherosclerosis, or blood clots. Warning signs include chest pain, breathlessness, and ...

Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits from coronary artery bypass grafting compared with percutaneous coronary ...

Doctors perform a number of different outpatient heart procedures, including angioplasty, stenting, pacemaker implantation, and others. If you have a heart condition, your doctor might recommend an ...

LOWER MERION — In a medical milestone for the Philadelphia region, a cardiac team at Lankenau Heart Institute, part of Main Line Health, has successfully completed the area’s first procedure using a ...

Cardiac infections after heart stent procedures are rare but serious, with mortality rates up to 40 percent and symptoms ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many patients with severe but stable heart disease who routinely undergo invasive procedures to clear and prop open clogged arteries would do as well by just taking medications and ...

Q: I’ve heard mixed opinions about stents for treating coronary artery disease. Are they really beneficial, especially for someone with stable coronary artery disease? A: This is a great question, and ...

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 ...

A new sub-study suggests that using a sirolimus-eluting balloon (SEB), a drug-coated balloon, can reduce the number of stents a patient may need, making it a safe and effective way to treat certain ...