NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A new study on heart stents produced sobering and possibly life-altering results. It says that stents may not be needed in some cases. As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reports, the key ...

Boston Scientific has told customers to stop using certain stents linked to three deaths, the Food and Drug Administration ...

FDA is reviewing AXIOS stent delivery issues after Boston Scientific reported injuries and deaths, urging facilities to stop use and remove affected devices.

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 ...

Among patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease, a polymer-free, amphilimus-eluting stent is noninferior to a permanent-polymer zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZES) with respect to target lesion ...

Both gamma and beta irradiation delivered via a radioactive catheter-based line source have been shown to be effective in reducing in-stent restenosis. However, these catheter-based treatments have ...

In patients with multilayer in-stent restenosis (ISR), treatment with a paclitaxel-coated balloon reduced target lesion failure (TLF) at 1 year to 23.8% compared with 40% with an uncoated balloon. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—In a battle of the skinny versus the skinnier, the COMPARE 60/80 study has shown that an ultrathin stent performed just as well as a conventional thin-strut stent in a cohort of ...

Patients who had surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) were able to avoid anastomotic or rectal stump leaks by using a Heald anal stent. A Heald anal stent helped patients avoid anastomotic and rectal ...

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