Q: I am a 71-year-old woman diagnosed with coronary artery disease. My latest calcium score was 801. My right coronary artery was 80 percent blocked, and the left artery was 25 percent. My ...
A pipeline stent is a treatment for a brain aneurysm. It’s a minimally invasive procedure that blocks blood flow through the affected part of the blood vessel. Doctors treat brain aneurysms at risk of ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 71-year-old woman diagnosed with coronary artery disease. My latest calcium score was 801. My right coronary artery was 80% blocked, and the left artery was 25%. My cardiologist ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients who got Eli Lilly and Co's anti-clotting drug prasugrel after a coronary stent procedure had fewer stent-related clots than those on standard drug therapy, an analysis ...
Boston Scientific has told customers to stop using certain stents linked to three deaths, the Food and Drug Administration ...
Many people who receive one stent will need additional stents, but as the number of devices in the heart increases, so do the risks of serious complications. If a coronary artery has become narrowed, ...
Bypass surgery is better than stents for serious heart disease. A stent is less invasive and usually faster to recover from ...
Operators performed closed-chest bypass before TAVI in a high-risk patient with decompensated HF due to a failing aortic ...