NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minor heart procedures can be performed safely even at hospitals that can't do emergency heart surgery in case of complications, a fresh look at past studies suggests. As ...
Babies born with a narrowed blood vessel now have a device specifically designed for them, thanks to research conducted at the Smidt Heart Institute and Guerin Children's at Cedars-Sinai. The U.S.
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 FDA has approved the Minima stent system, the first device specifically designed for infants and young children with congenital heart defects. The innovative stent could help thousands of children ...
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a heart stent made specifically for infants and young children, a device that could help kids born with certain congenital heart defects avoid a ...
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 ...
Cardiovascular Institute of the South founder and cardiologist Craig Walker, MD, performed the nation’s first stent implant using Biotronik’s Pulsar-18 T3 to treat an artery blockage in the legs, Biz ...
People with several clogged heart arteries fared better if they had bypass surgery rather than a less-drastic procedure in which the blood vessels are propped open with tiny mesh cylinders called ...