The death of former shooter and coach Jaspal Rana has sparked public discussion about heart health and the effectiveness of cardiac stents. According to news reports, the 49-year-old had undergone a ...

New research found a simplified clot-preventing medication regimen following stent placement in adults with atrial fibrillation was just as safe and effective in preventing strokes, heart attack and ...

Hearing that you might need a stent or a pacemaker can feel overwhelming, especially if you're not quite sure what either device actually does. "A stent and a pacemaker treat entirely different heart ...

Patients with narrowing of at least 50% in three major coronary arteries did equally well when treated with a minimally invasive stent placement guided either by ultrasound-based imaging or by a novel ...

CHICAGO — Patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease who underwent a less-invasive stent procedure fared just as well as those who underwent open-heart bypass surgery after 5 years, the FAME 3 ...

Doctors at KIMS Saveera Hospitals in Anantapur successfully perform an emergency angioplasty on a 90-year-old heart attack ...

The Children's Heart Institute at Miller Children's & Women's Hospital has successfully performed the Renata Minima Stent procedure in two patients, expanding treatment options for newborns and ...

A one-month course of dual clot-preventing therapy followed by a single clot-prevention medication for the remainder of the standard 12-month regimen in adults with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who ...