CREST-2 may end routine CEA for asymptomatic carotid stenosis, but its message is nuanced, raising new questions about ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minor heart procedures can be performed safely even at hospitals that can't do emergency heart surgery in case of complications, a fresh look at past studies suggests. As ...

DALLAS, June 29 – Repeating balloon angioplasty and/or stenting procedures to open narrowed arteries in elderly patients may add more than $700 million a year to Medicare expenses, according to a ...

Researchers found angioplasty with stents used to open clogged heart arteries did not prolong life or prevent heart attack in patients with stable heart disease. However, many cardiologists said ...

New York, Nov. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "North America Airway Stent Procedures Outlook to 2025 - Airway Stenting Procedures for Other ...

Former President George W. Bush was hospitalized on Tuesday to treat a blocked artery in his heart. Doctors discovered the blockage during Bush’s routine physical, and recommended a stent to keep the ...

More than a fifth of all coronary stents given to Medicare patients at hospitals nationwide from 2019 to 2021 are medically unnecessary, driving more than $2.4 billion in unnecessary program spending ...

ATLANTA, GA (March 14, 2006) -- Cardiologists are continually searching for the most effective and non-invasive methods of treatment for their patients. Two studies presented today at the American ...

When Dr. Robert Tahara performs a limb-saving procedure at Meadville Medical Center (MMC), he often does it without general anesthesia, without an overnight stay, and now, he can do it without leaving ...

Stents restore blood flow by keeping arteries open with a metal scaffold tube. Dr. Wiley emphasized multiple stents over time are common and not alarming. Stents rarely impact lifestyle; risk ...