PCI of these lesions often requires novel devices, such as drug-eluting stents, hydrophilic guidewires, distal protection balloons or filters, thrombectomy catheters, rotational atherectomy ...

Summary: The use of balloon angioplasty with or without coronary artery stenting is limited by the phenomenon of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Until very recently, most efforts to overcome ISR had ...

Opening a blocked artery with balloons and stents can be lifesaving but as Gujarat deaths show, cases of misuse are also ...

Over the last decade, the highly efficacious reduction of in-stent restenosis (ISR ... These devices are designed to enable drug delivery from the balloon surface to the vessel wall during ...

Scripps Clinic interventional cardiologist Paul Teirstein, M.D., became the first in Southern California to use a newly approved drug-coated balloon to clear a clogged stent that previously had ...

This patient’s story is part of a broader movement in heart care towards personalized treatments. The combination of BRS and ...

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) mandates for hospitals performing angioplasty to itemize billing costs ...

Bentley InnoMed GmbH announced the first-in-human implantation of the BeFlared stent graft system, which recently received CE ...

At the same time, metal-free percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and Drug-Eluting Balloons (DEB) present new possibilities for treating complex lesions without leaving permanent stents behind.

By inflating a balloon and potentially placing a stent, they can help blood flow more freely from the heart. Despite carrying less risk than open surgery, stenting and balloon angioplasty can ...

in Islamabad has started mass production of cardiac stents and angioplasty balloon catheters at affordable prices. Pakistan has now become one of the 18 countries in the world and the second ...