The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a heart stent made specifically for infants and young children, a device that could help kids born with certain congenital heart defects avoid a ...
Angiography diagnoses blocked heart arteries, while angioplasty treats them - a distinction many patients still misunderstand ...
A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other coronary arteries also appear to be narrowed, it is safe to wait and treat ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have procedures to unclog their heart's arteries in the morning may do better than those who have them in the afternoon, according to a new study. Those who had ...
CHICAGO -- Is it safe to have your arteries unclogged at a hospital that lacks heart surgeons who can operate if something goes wrong? Many states ban this except in emergencies like heart attacks.
People who've survived a heart attack and have been given a stent may be better off quitting low-dose aspirin a month after the procedure, a new study finds. The strategy is "beneficial by reducing ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minor heart procedures can be performed safely even at hospitals that can't do emergency heart surgery in case of complications, a fresh look at past studies suggests. As ...
Results from the first randomized trial of Impella pumps during complex stent procedures, published in the New England ...
The Texas Medical Board has accused cardiologist Samuel J. DeMaio, MD, of performing unnecessary heart stent and defibrillator implantation procedures and angiograms, according to an Austin ...
FILE - This May 31, 2013 file photo shows former President George W. Bush during the unveiling their of his in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Bush has successfully undergone a heart ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As February closes out American Heart Month, patients and doctors gathered at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside for a heart patient reunion aimed at celebrating lives saved and ...
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