A new stent graft made from a 3-D image of the patient’s anatomy helps fix abdominal aortic aneurysms in patient's who otherwise have few options. An abdominal aortic aneurysm is an enlarged ...

Aug 19, 2024: Real-time cardiovascular monitoring with novel hybrid smart stent system (Nanowerk Spotlight) Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause of death worldwide, with atherosclerosis ...

June 18 -- WEDNESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- The newest drug-coated stent has performed well in a real-life trial, Dutch cardiologists report. The Xience stent -- a flexible metal-mesh tube ...

Size of Stent (IMAGE) University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Caption ... Stents, like the one pictured here, are then put in place to keep the new passageways open in the lungs.

Philips (PHG) boosts its Image-Guided Therapy portfolio with the Duo Venous Stent System, strengthening its Diagnosis & Treatment segment.

"The trial's primary endpoint was clinical events at 18-month follow-up. This long-term data makes BASKET a powerful study despite the small number of patients." ...

In March, Steven Abramowitz, MD, a surgeon at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, completed the world’s first procedures to treat deep venous stent thrombosis using a novel minimally invasive ...

Even with inclusion of patients with in-stent restenosis, left main and saphenous vein graft disease, MACE occurred in only 4.4% of patients at seven months, researchers say. (Goy JJ et al ...

Mar. 23 -- TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Newer multislice computed tomography scanners can yield images that show whether a heart patient's stent has become blocked. This technology ...