This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Stents are often inserted in a heart vessel to keep the vessel propped ...

Although the use of stents to treat coronary artery disease has soared during the past decade thanks to novel equipment and new implant techniques, clinical data has recently raised concerns around ...

Insertion of stents that release the drug paclitaxel to treat stenosis within an implanted bare-metal stent in a coronary artery reduces the risk of subsequent re-narrowing within the stent, when ...

". . . the SESAMI results are encouraging and provide further proof of the safety of sirolimus-eluting stents in STEMI patients. Such findings are likely to add to the growing list of available ...

New research shows the use of drug-coated balloons is an optimal approach compared to bare metal stents in treating femoropopliteal lesions. New research published in the Journal of the American ...

Purpose: The mechanism of action and pharmacokinetics of sirolimus when used as part of a drug-eluting stent (DES) and the efficacy and cost of using DESs versus bare-metal stents are discussed.

Results from the first randomized clinical trial in the United States to compare a sirolimus-eluting balloon (DEB) to control group consisting of drug-eluting stent (DES) and balloon angioplasty (BA) ...

Boston Scientific Corp. has received CE Mark approval to offer its bare-metal Rebel coronary stent system on the European cardiovascular market. Rebel features Natick,MA-based Boston Scientific's ...

LAS VEGAS and MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced positive data for the Eluvia™ Drug-Eluting Vascular Stent System (Eluvia stent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A drug-eluting stent outperformed bare-metal stents for treatment of patients with lesions in the superficial ...

Cardiac stents have transformed the landscape of cardiovascular medicine, providing a less invasive and highly effective means to treat coronary artery disease. What is a stent? A cardiac stent is a ...