Advances in PCI over the past decade mean the procedure can now approximate results only previously achieved with open-heart bypass surgery, new data show.

Patients who have a stent implanted to open a blocked coronary artery face dual risks of developing blood clots and of having excessive bleeding in the months following the procedure. While routine ...

The stent keeps the ductus open after the baby is born, giving infants with heart conditions like Cayden’s the chance to receive better blood flow even when the heart itself can’t pump enough.

When the significance of the human circulatory system was finally established ... Routine interventions such as heart catheterizations and stent placements within arteries, as well as the flotation of ...

"You can take that stent, and crush it in your hand ... allows the valve to maintain a plasticity similar to that of a human heart. The nitinol allows the valve to collapse and regain its shape ...