For people who have recently had a stent implanted in a blocked heart artery, the risk of developing a blood clot may be higher early in the morning than other times of day, researchers reported ...

CHICAGO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Blacks treated with a drug-coated stent to open clogged heart arteries are nearly three times more likely to develop a life-threatening blood clot than whites, U.S.

"The benefits of continuing dual antiplatelet therapy for 30 months were quite remarkable. The relative risk of a stent-related blood clot was reduced by 71%, compared with taking only aspirin after ...

A new stent coating may someday eliminate a common side effect of the treatment. Coating artery-opening stents with a new compound may someday eliminate a common side effect of the treatment, ...

Patients implanted with drug-coated stents to hold open their choked arteries face a small but significant risk of blood clots, health officials said Tuesday, and a new study recommended they take ...

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Stents can make a life-saving difference for people with vascular problems, as they open up narrowing blood vessels. An experimental new one goes a step further, by actually transmitting blood flow ...

Results of the MASTER Trial Reported at TCT 2012 and Published in JACC MIAMI, FL – A clinical trial found that the use of a next generation, micronet, mesh-covered stent demonstrated improved ...

Percutanous angioplasty involves insertion of a stent into a blocked or narrowed coronary artery that eases the blood flow and relieves the pain of severe angina or a heart attack. It is being ...

A pipeline stent is a treatment for a brain aneurysm. It’s a minimally invasive procedure that blocks blood flow through the affected part of the blood vessel. Doctors treat brain aneurysms at risk of ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 75-year-old wife had two third generation medicine-eluting stents inserted into a branch of the left anterior coronary artery in January 2020. On 75 mg of clopidogrel and 81 mg of ...