It only takes about a week for most patients to recover from a stent, but it may take longer for others, and there are ...

While you won't always be able to prepare for a stent, there are some cases where you'll need to talk with your doctor ...

A stent is a small mesh-like tube that reopens a blocked artery to allow blood to flow freely to the heart, thus relieving ...

Around half a million stents are implanted in Germany every year to treat narrowing of the blood vessels, a consequence of ...

Treating narrowed or blocked heart arteries has evolved over the past 40 years. This week, the FDA approved the latest step in that evolution — a stent that dissolves away, leaving nothing behind.

Medtronic announced full distribution in the United States of Contego Medical’s Neuroguard integrated embolic protection ( ...

The problem with previous stents: Up to 1½% of patients have a stroke within 30 days of the procedure. "If the plaque material is soft enough or unstable enough, it can still go up to the brain and ...

Bentley InnoMed GmbH announced that the FDA has granted Breakthrough Device designation for the company’s BeFlared fene ...

David Kandzari, MD (Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA), is an interventional cardiologist and investigator who specializes in complex peripheral and coronary revascularization and is a member of ...

Colonic stenting for colorectal cancer achieves high success with low complication rates and radiation exposure within safe ...

In clinical practice, a JJ stent should only remain in place for 2–8 weeks, depending on the patient’s condition. Failure to ...