Figure 1 illustrates the case of acute stent thrombosis in a 75-year-old female patient who had suffered from angina pectoris and dyspnea for 3 months prior to hospital admission for elective coronary ...

The treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery disease by percutaneous intervention represents a considerable challenge for interventional cardiologists. The American College of Cardiology/ ...

In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; DOI https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2021.0027 Rong-Xue Xiao, Xu Wang, Jun-Qing Gao and Zong-Jun ...

Sirolimus analogues act through the same pathway as sirolimus. The restenosis casade that is initiated after stent implantation is shown in red. The mechanism of action of sirolimus (and analogues) is ...

Analysis suggests stents aren't as beneficial as previously thought. Feb. 28, 2012— -- Inserting stents to open a blocked artery is a common way to treat coronary artery disease. But increasing ...

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Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A group of interventional cardiologists from Spain have published details on a series of four cases ...

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 common ...

Pennsylvania heart specialists welcomed the results of a decade-long study reinforcing their belief in minimally invasive ...

Application of a Drug-Eluting Stent Combined with a Drug-Coated Balloon in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease The authors of this article evaluated the clinical efficacy of a drug-eluting stent (DES) ...