A year after treatment, 65% of patients with renovascular hypertension experienced improvement. CHICAGO—Most patients with renovascular hypertension experience improved BP control and improved or ...

Medically reviewed by David Hampton, MD Key Takeaways Balloon angioplasty is used to widen blocked or narrow blood vessels.It ...

Jerry Bailey was awake while a medical team at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital reopened one of his previously stented arteries using a new heart procedure. "It's working," the 73-year-old said a few ...

A recent study found that effective treatment for clogged arteries may differ for men and women, according to research ...

MIAMI, FLA.—In treating blockages of the popliteal artery, a nitinol stent performs better than standard angioplasty alone with minimal clinical adverse events, according to a multicenter study.

Restenosis, a narrowing of blood vessels following angioplasty or stent placement is seen in up to 50% of patients. Cases are treated with various options, including drugs, mechanical devices such as ...

A common practice for improving outcomes in patients with sudden heart attack actually offers no benefit and could cause harm, according to a review of randomised trials published online today ...

A new study revealed that the novel self-expanding super-elastic all-metal endoprosthesis stent (SESAME StentTM) used in patients undergoing angioplasty of degenerated saphenous vein graft (SVG) ...

DALLAS, June 29 – Repeating balloon angioplasty and/or stenting procedures to open narrowed arteries in elderly patients may add more than $700 million a year to Medicare expenses, according to a ...

Smokers needed their blocked arteries fixed nearly a decade earlier than non-smokers, and patients with obesity underwent these procedures four years earlier than non-obese patients, according to a ...

Mar. 31 -- SUNDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- In heart attack patients who had angioplasty, the anticoagulant drugs abciximab and tirofiban produced similar outcomes for certain cardiac measures ...