Heart stents have transformed the treatment of coronary artery disease, or CAD, helping restore blood flow and prevent heart attacks. But many patients are surprised to learn that a stented artery can ...

For people with diabetes undergoing angioplasty to clear clogged coronary arteries, stents that release a drug, sirolimus, to prevent re-clogging are better than bare-metal stents. People with ...

Doctors use stents to open blocked heart arteries, but recent negative reports about stent safety have caused concern. Now a new study claims stents are largely safe and effective. Leon Kampe felt ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Treating stable heart patients with a handful of pills works just as well as propping open blocked heart arteries with a stent, U.S. researchers said on Monday, adding to evidence ...

* Research suggests devices work as promised * New study provides 'lot of reassurance' By Gene Emery BOSTON, May 6 (Reuters) - Heart stents coated with drugs are just as safe as uncoated ones and ...

Each year, nearly a million Americans undergo implantation of heart stents. These tiny, wiry tubes of woven metal help prop open the coronary arteries, which supply the heart muscle with blood. Though ...

NEW ORLEANS — Tiny clogged arteries in the heart that have long bedeviled cardiologists' attempts at repair can now be kept flowing smoothly with new drug-coated stents that have already ...

A stent thrombosis is a blood clot that forms within a coronary stent. It can be a complication of stent placement to open a narrowed artery. A coronary stent is a mesh tube that opens a narrowed or ...