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 ...

Here are some other important preparations as you approach the day of surgery: Medications to avoid before a stent procedure According to Patel, if you are on any kind of anticoagulant or blood ...

A stent is a small mesh tube inserted into an ... or if you have blockages in multiple arteries, coronary bypass surgery may be a better fit for you than angioplasty and stenting.

Professor Daqing Ma, from Imperial's Department of Surgery and Cancer, commented, "This could be a significant breakthrough ...

On the day before your treatment, you may be asked to withhold some of your blood pressure medication. This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent ...

To promote technological innovation, Xi stressed on Wednesday the need to develop a modernized industrial system and to equally prioritize education, science and technology, as well as talent. He said ...

Bypass surgery, also known as CABG or Culinary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery ... In today’s time angioplasty and stenting go ...

A brown bear said to be the first to ever have brain surgery in the UK has had a “remarkable recovery” after emerging from ...

Three-year-old Boki, who lives at Wildwood Trust, near Canterbury, had been suffering from seizures which were believed to be ...