Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Key Takeaways Bypass surgery is better than stents for serious heart disease.A stent is less invasive and usually faster to recover from than bypass ...

Sanford Aberdeen (S.D.) Medical Center recently performed the first robot-assisted angioplasty for an acute heart attack patient and achieved a door-to-balloon time far below the national average. The ...

Using intravascular imaging to guide stent implantation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in heart disease patients significantly improves survival and reduces adverse cardiovascular ...

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

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 71-year-old woman diagnosed with coronary artery disease. My latest calcium score was 801. My right coronary artery was 80% blocked, and the left artery was 25%. My cardiologist ...

Cardiac stents have transformed the landscape of cardiovascular medicine, providing a less invasive and highly effective means to treat coronary artery disease. What is a stent? A cardiac stent is a ...

In a major breakthrough in cardiac care, doctors in Thiruvananthapuram have successfully performed the first Impella-assisted angioplasty in South Kerala, saving the life of a 38-year-old patient ...

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to introduce state-of-the-art intravascular surgery techniques for the treatment of ...

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 ...

The Punjab government has decided to introduce state-of-the-art intravascular surgery techniques for the treatment of heart ...

Providers at Firelands Health have adopted two new heart procedures that improve patient care and outcomes, according to a news release. Firelands Physician Group cardiologist George Augustine Koromia ...

A one-month course of dual clot-preventing therapy followed by a single clot-prevention medication for the remainder of the standard 12-month regimen in adults with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who ...