Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Hargadon in his workshop at home in Georgetown. Hargadon was the first person in the United States to receive the CGuard ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 71-year-old woman diagnosed with coronary artery disease. My latest calcium score was 801. My right coronary artery was 80% blocked, and the left artery was 25%. My cardiologist ...

Learn about peripheral artery disease and its effects on blood flow. We explain symptoms, risk factors, and treatments to ...

BD (NYSE: BDX) announced today that it received CE mark approval for its Revello vascular covered stent system.

Carotid stenting is a procedure in which a surgeon treats plaque from the carotid arteries and inserts a stent to hold them open. It is a minimally invasive treatment for carotid artery stenosis. The ...

Former President George W. Bush successfully underwent a heart procedure in Dallas on Tuesday after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery during his annual physical, Bush spokesman Freddy Ford ...

Evidence-based recommendations on endovascular stent-grafting of popliteal aneurysms. This involves inserting a ‘stent-graft’ device through the femoral artery (in the groin) lining the inside of the ...

Every year, 60,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with heart failure, and many are treated with stents. In a large new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, my colleagues and I ...

Inserting an artery-opening device into the brain to improve blood flow and prevent a second stroke likely does more harm than managing high-risk patients with drugs and lifestyle changes, U.S.

A drug-eluting stent, or DES, is a small, metal mesh tube placed in a blocked coronary artery. The metal is coated in medicine and helps reopen your artery and keep it open. ‌ Stents are used to treat ...

Folks who've had a clogged artery reopened probably can stop taking blood thinners sooner than previously thought, a new study argues. Patients are regularly prescribed blood thinners for a year or ...

A stent is a small mesh-like tube that reopens a blocked artery to allow blood to flow freely to the heart, thus relieving the patient of chest pain. When someone has a heart attack or a blocked heart ...