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 been ...

Heart stents effectively treat coronary artery disease, but arteries can re-block over time due to restenosis, atherosclerosis, or blood clots. Warning signs include chest pain, breathlessness, and ...

Leon Kampe felt pressure on his chest and shortness of breath. During subsequent testing, his doctor found three clogged arteries. "In this case, our options came down to three stents or bypass ...

LOWER MERION — In a medical milestone for the Philadelphia region, a cardiac team at Lankenau Heart Institute, part of Main Line Health, has successfully completed the area’s first procedure using a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly approved medical technology offered at Atrium Health has helped a local man get back on his feet after a stent in his artery ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Each year, nearly a million Americans get a stent - a tiny mesh tube that props open a clogged artery. If you have heart disease, your doctor may recommend one. But whether you ...

A stent is a small mesh-like tube that reopens a blocked artery to allow blood to flow freely to the heart, thus relieving the patient of chest pain. When someone has a heart attack or a blocked heart ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists are developing a novel way to prop open clogged heart arteries: using a stent designed to dissolve once it finishes the job. Heart stents are tiny metal-mesh tubes that have ...

After receiving a stent to treat a narrowed coronary artery, you may be back to your normal activities within a week. But you may have to make some lifestyle changes to maintain healthy heart function ...

CONCORD, Calif. (KGO) -- Research being conducted here in the Bay Area could provide a major advance for heart patients. Surgeons at John Muir Medical Center in Concord are implanting patients with a ...

According to the British Heart Foundation, Angioplasty is a common procedure to open blocked or narrowed arteries. This is a painless procedure done under local ...