This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent procedure. On the morning of the stent procedure, make sure you take aspirin and other blood thinning ...

CHICAGO — Patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease who underwent a less-invasive stent procedure fared just as well as those who underwent open-heart bypass surgery after 5 years ...

This can be done with angioplasty (possibly including stent placement) or with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), also ...

This study examined feasibility of the double balloon enteroscope-guided withdrawal-reinsertion method as a rescue procedure in patients with failed palliative stent placement for malignant small ...

The following is a summary of "Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis due to placement of biliary self-expandable metal stents (SEMS): a single-center retrospective study," published in the March 2025 issue ...

A new study could lead to more widespread use of imaging technique to improve survival and prevent complications.

catheter-based procedure to place a tiny stent into the ductus arteriosus of an infant with only one good pumping chamber in the heart. Normally, that ductus promotes blood flow between mother and ...

China: A recent case series published in BMC Surgery has highlighted the potential of the Willis covered stent (WCS) as a ...

The advanced technique, successfully implemented at KFSHRC in Riyadh and Jeddah, uses a bioresorbable stent inserted into narrowed or blocked vessels to temporarily restore blood flow. After serving ...