A stent is a small tube that helps keep the artery open. It can also keep small pieces of plaque from breaking off and causing problems. You may need to spend the night in the hospital. For 1 or 2 ...

The process involves combining coronary angioplasty with stenting, which is the insertion of a permanent wire-meshed tube that is either drug eluting (DES) or composed of bare metal (BMS).

Coronary angioplasty and stenting are common medical procedures used to widen a narrowed artery and restore optimal blood flow to the heart. During an angioplasty procedure, doctors open the ...

PTRA stenting is a treatment option that has a high technical success rate, low complication rate, low re-stenosis rate and good long-term anatomical results. However, renal stenting is ...

To date, the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS) 3 is the only prospective randomized study comparing best medical therapy with endovascular stenting for patients ...

These are the words of a Cork family to a High Court judge on Tuesday as they settled an action over the death of their ...

The family of a Co Cork woman who died after she was admitted to hospital for a routine heart angiogram test have settled a ...

Those were the words of a Cork family to a High Court judge on Tuesday as they settled an action over the death of their ...

A stent is a small mesh tube inserted into an artery that has been narrowed by plaque build-up. In the US, nearly two million stents are implanted every year, and they can be life-saving during a ...