Video Animation: How Stents Work Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to the hospital on Thursday for a stent procedure after reporting chest pains. See a computer animation showing how ...

As the division chief of cardiovascular medicine for the University of Kansas Health System, Dr. Mark Wiley is no stranger to stent procedures. This week, Dr. Wiley spoke with The Star to explain the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who have a specific type of blocked heart artery seem to do equally well if they undergo artery-clearing angioplasty or a minimally invasive "key hole" bypass ...

BOSTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Drug-coated stents implanted into clogged arteries of the heart work better than uncoated stents for high-risk patients, without a significant trade off in safety, a Canadian ...

Stent placement is a common procedure to treat a brain aneurysm. It diverts blood flow to avoid extra pressure on the aneurysm that may cause it to burst. A brain aneurysm develops when there is a ...

A stent designed specifically for infants and young children with congenital heart disease has demonstrated strong safety and effectiveness in a pivotal multicenter clinical trial. Children's Hospital ...