MIAMI, FLA.—In treating blockages of the popliteal artery, a nitinol stent performs better than standard angioplasty alone with minimal clinical adverse events, according to a multicenter study.

A recent study found that effective treatment for clogged arteries may differ for men and women, according to research ...

Addition of laser atherectomy provides better short-term results than balloon angioplasty alone in patients with restenosis in peripheral stents. In fact, the randomized, multicenter EXCITE ISR trial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Balloon angioplasty and stent implantation procedures in the early postoperative period after congenital heart ...

Berlin, Germany - Balloon angioplasty under intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance appears comparable to stenting at 6 months, a new study shows. However, given the advent of drug-eluting stents, ...

A drug-eluting resorbable stent was found to be just as effective in treating infrapopliteal artery disease in patients at risk of limb amputation, according to a study published Oct. 25 in the New ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. If you've been diagnosed with a clogged artery in your heart, there's a good chance your doctor recommended angioplasty.

Tiny clogged arteries in the heart that have long bedeviled cardiologists' attempts at repair can now be kept flowing smoothly with new drug-coated stents that have already revolutionized treatment of ...

San Francisco — For the treatment of coronary artery in-stent restenosis, angioplasty with a drug-coated balloon (AGENT DCB; Boston Scientific) was superior to conventional balloon angioplasty in ...

Mar. 31 -- SUNDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- In heart attack patients who had angioplasty, the anticoagulant drugs abciximab and tirofiban produced similar outcomes for certain cardiac measures ...

A provocative new study challenges the notion that heart attack victims have only 12 hours in which to undergo an artery-clearing angioplasty. The study found that patients who had the procedure as ...