As gastroenterology shifts further toward advanced outpatient care, a new wave of devices is expanding what can be treated endoscopically, and how efficiently practices can operate.  From tools that ...

An investigational stent retriever device delivered successful revascularization in more than 85% of patients with primary distal vessel occlusion ischemic stroke at 24 hours, researchers reported at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Dr. Robert Tahara performs a limb-saving procedure at Meadville Medical Center (MMC), he often does it without general ...

Twenty-four weeks into her pregnancy, Serena Chen and her husband received unexpected news: a fetal echocardiogram revealed that their daughter, Chloe, would be born with a congenial heart defect that ...

A new drug-eluting balloon can perform just as well as the standard treatment for patients with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) undergoing repeated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). These ...

The procedure to place a stent, often called angioplasty, is performed to restore proper blood flow, reduce symptoms (like chest pain), and lower the risk of heart attacks.

Patients at Baylor Medicine, the primary multidisciplinary clinical practice of Baylor College of Medicine, and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center who have experienced complex aortic aneurysms can now ...

Stents have the potential to be safer, less traumatic, more cost-effective and a better choice in patients who can't undergo surgery because they are prone to complications, according to proponents.