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 ...
Around half a million stents are implanted in Germany every year to treat narrowing of the blood vessels, a consequence of ...
Medtronic announced full distribution in the United States of Contego Medical’s Neuroguard integrated embolic protection ( ...
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.
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that Health Canada has authorized the Esprit™ BTK Everolimus Eluting Resorbable Scaffold ...
Colonic stenting for colorectal cancer achieves high success with low complication rates and radiation exposure within safe ...
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 ...
Introduction: Biliary stenting with radioactive seed placement has become a frequently applied palliative intervention for patients with obstructive hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC). Despite its ...
Those flimsy, wallet-sized pieces of paper that detail the type, size, and location of the stent implanted? After roughly 4 years after device implantation, just under half of patients still carry ...
In clinical practice, a JJ stent should only remain in place for 2–8 weeks, depending on the patient’s condition. Failure to ...