A stent is tubular in shape and usually made of metal or ceramic. It is designed to keep a part of the coronary artery open. Coronary arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood to the heart ...

Three months of dual antiplatelet therapy after PCI may safely balance thrombosis and bleeding risk in both patients with low ...

Critics say a new, broader definition of high-risk plaque opens the door to more tests, diagnoses, and invasive procedures, steering us down a potentially harmful path.

Coronary artery bypass grafting is a more invasive procedure where surgeons use blood vessels from another part of the body ...

ATLANTA -- The concept of using stents to seal off non-flow-limiting ... hospitalization for unstable or progressive angina -- the benefit of PCI apparently driven by the latter two endpoint ...

The research is led by Heart Foundation Research Fellow Dr Pritika Narayan from the Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia who says people from Fiji make up almost two per cent of Aotearoa’s population ...

Researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington, are looking to genetics to understand why Fijian New Zealanders are at higher risk of having heart attacks or developing angina at a young age. The ...