In patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), stenting demonstrated improved ...

CTO PCI is a minimally invasive procedure to treat CAD by reopening blocked arteries with a catheter and stent. CTO PCI is a challenging procedure and has been associated with lower success and ...

A multinational study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine has found that the risks of major complications after stenting ...

It involves a stent, a spring-like stainless steel device, smaller than a paper clip, being used to hold open a blocked artery. For many people, stenting offers a safe and virtually painless ...

Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, is a common health problem where the arteries become narrowed and blood can’t flow easily ...

If the lesion involves the CCA and the ICA, the stent has to cover the carotid bifurcation completely. Flow disturbances in the ICA occur if the stent is positioned in the bulb. [9] In our ...

Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.

The advanced technique, successfully implemented at KFSHRC in Riyadh and Jeddah, uses a bioresorbable stent inserted into narrowed or blocked vessels to temporarily restore blood flow ... allowing ...

a non-surgical procedure in which interventional cardiologists use a catheter to place stents in the blocked coronary arteries to restore blood flow. About one-third of these cases in the United ...

Senior consultant interventional cardiologist at Apollo Main hospitals in Chennai Dr Y Vijayachandra Reddy said that highly ...