These types are called coronary stents. Usually made of metal mesh, they’re put into arteries after a procedure to expand the artery called a percutaneous coronary intervention or, its more ...

As heart disease remains the leading cause of death in Americans, local physicians are continuing to use new technology to improve heart health. Dr. Jane Schwabe, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Mosaic, ...

Stents are used to treat coronary artery disease. This condition happens when plaque builds up in the artery that supplies blood to your heart muscle, called a coronary artery. This buildup causes ...

Stents are commonly used in the arteries of ... The procedure to open the arteries is also called an angioplasty. Angioplasty is often accomplished by using tiny balloons that are inflated within ...

Covering stents with hairlike structures called cilia may help keep the implanted medical tubes clean, preventing infection, researchers report April 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

In the catheter lab, Allcroft's doctors inserted a small mesh tube called a stent to open up his arteries. "You only want to get a stent if you're having a heart attack or you are unstable," said ...

Urinary stents, sometimes called ureteral stents, hold the ureter open so urine can drain as usual. The ureter connects the bladder and kidneys. Urinary stents are typically placed temporarily for ...

Angina symptoms may not be as severe as before the stent was inserted. The person may have angina during effort-required tasks. They may have angina less frequently at rest, a condition called ...

For example, in the new trial, doctors used a measure called fractional flow reserve, or FFR, to determine whether a stent was necessary to address a particular narrowing in an artery. FFR ...

A stent is a hollow tube that may be placed in your airway. It opens the narrowed area and helps you breathe. Your doctor puts the stent in place using a procedure called a bronchoscopy. They put a ...

Biofilm, produced by bacteria, and crystalline deposits, called encrustation, grow on the inner and outer walls of such stents and catheters soon after implantation and are among the main causes ...