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Results from the first randomized trial of Impella pumps during complex stent procedures, published in the New England ...

New insights into spontaneous coronary artery dissection – a devastating cause of heart attacks in young, healthy patients – were presented today at the EAPCI Summit 2026. The summit is a new event ...

A sirolimus eluting balloon performs similarly to a usual care strategy for repeat coronary in stent restenosis at 1 year, ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the first six-year follow-up of a pivotal study of any drug-eluting stent, the clinical benefits of the CYPHER ® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent compared to a ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A stent is a small mesh tube inserted into an artery that has been narrowed by plaque build-up. In the US, nearly two million stents are implanted ...

A drug-eluting stent, or DES, is a small, metal mesh tube placed in a blocked coronary artery. The metal is coated in medicine and helps reopen your artery and keep it open. ‌ Stents are used to treat ...

Update: This story has been corrected to reflect the source of 12-month data for the PRO-Kinetic device. It comes from the previous ENERGY Registry study, and not from the BIOHELIX-1 study. Biotronik ...

The choice of drug-eluting stent in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease who are undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been debated. Previous ...

A stent thrombosis is a blood clot that forms within a coronary stent. It can be a complication of stent placement to open a narrowed artery. A coronary stent is a mesh tube that opens a narrowed or ...