A carotid stenting system was linked to the lowest 1-year stroke rates reported for any prospective, multicenter pivotal ...

Researchers at UCL have tested a new scoring system to measure the risk of stroke in patients with narrowed arteries due to atherosclerosis, which could prevent unnecessary surgeries and stents.

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics minuscule bits of plastic compared to arteries free of ...

The subsequent clinical pathway often involves using a balloon to push the blockage back against the arterial wall and then placing a stent where the block had been to keep the artery open.

She had a cardiac catheterization procedure to have a stent inserted into her right coronary artery. Doctors also found about a 70% blockage in the left anterior descending artery – or LAD ...

KUWAIT CITY, April 19: Kuwait's Chest Diseases Hospital has announced the successful implantation of two coronary artery stents in patients suffering from intractable angina pectoris. Dr. Abdullah ...

It revealed a complete blockage (100% occlusion) in the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery (a major vessel that supplies ... to the successful delivery and optimal expansion of a stent, ...