VIENNA, Austria — Even some heart-attack patients would be better off if their doctors avoided using drug-coated stents to open their clogged arteries, an international study found, raising new ...

Drug-coated stents were hailed by American Heart Association as one of the Top 10 Research Advances of 2005, and more than six million of these tiny devices already have been implanted in coronary ...

In recent times, research has raised serious questions about safety of drug-coated stents, which are used to protect patients against complications from some forms heart disease. Since then, ...

As Reuters notes, any problems with the Promus Element could spell trouble for Boston Sci, as the device is the basis for future generations of heart stents. There were 136 longitudinal stent ...

Coronary stents, those tiny mesh tubes that prop open blocked blood vessels, have helped millions of people avoid invasive and complicated bypass surgery. But stents cease to be needed after the blood ...

Recovering from an angioplasty and stenting procedure is typically a brief process, but there are some common complications to watch out for. Here's what you need to know about the recovery process ...

Coronary arteries are the blood vessels which are involved in the supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart. In some cases, the coronary arteries may become narrow and hardened due to accumulation of ...