Carotid stent surgery is one of two procedures that can be used to treat carotid artery stenosis. This procedure is considered a less invasive option with a faster recovery time. However, it does have ...
Dr. Robert Hallett, cardiovascular interventionist, performed the first implantation of the new Endeavor stent in East Texas. The FDA approved this next generation drug-eluting stent a month and a ...
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 ...
Two P2Y12 inhibitors often used interchangeably, ticagrelor and prasugrel (antiplatelet medications prescribed to prevent the ...
Jerry Bailey was awake while a medical team at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital reopened one of his previously stented arteries using a new heart procedure. "It's working," the 73-year-old said a few ...
New research found a simplified clot-preventing medication regimen following stent placement in adults with atrial ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Former President George W. Bush’s decision to allow doctors to use a stent to clear a blocked heart artery, performed absent symptoms, is reopening a national debate on the best way to ...
Former President George W. Bush successfully underwent a heart procedure in Dallas on Tuesday after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery during his annual physical, Bush spokesman Freddy Ford ...