Drug-eluting stents reduce the occurrence of in-stent restenosis and the need for subsequent target vessel revascularization when compared with bare-metal stents. However, drug-eluting stents may ...

Periodically repeated angina pain – often described as squeezing, pressure, heaviness, and tightness in the chest in people ...

A 73-year-old Pune man experienced two years of stomach pain and jaundice due to a forgotten stent. Inserted during a 2022 ...

For two long years, a 73-year-old man unknowingly carried a life-threatening object inside his body—a stent that he had ...

Bentley InnoMed GmbH announced it has been granted two TÜV certificates that extend indications for its stents in complex ...

Bentley InnoMed GmbH announced the first-in-human implantation of the BeFlared stent graft system, which recently received CE ...

Stent thrombosis is a rare but potentially life threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It develops when a blood clot blocks blood flow through your stent.

However, the value proposition of bioadaptor technology -- that it can resolve the issue of stent-related adverse events that have persisted despite decades of innovation -- will take long-term ...

However, bacterial sludge or gallstones can block bile duct stents, requiring urgent treatment with antibiotics and stent replacement. Currently, medical providers monitor biliary stent blockages ...

Individuals with long coronary lesions requiring implantation of multiple stents are an important patient subgroup for whom careful evaluation and decision-making with optimal stent deployment is ...

The balloon presses the plaque against the walls of the artery. This makes more room for blood to flow. The doctor may also put a stent in your artery. A stent is a small tube that helps keep the ...

This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent procedure. On the morning of the stent procedure, make sure you take aspirin and other blood thinning ...