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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Hawn explains that after DES were introduced in 2004, they rapidly oversold bare metal stents until researchers noticed a proliferation of stent thrombosis in DES patients. That prompted the American ...

Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — North Little Rock Officer Tommy Norman announced Friday that he had another successful surgery following his heart attack in March. The officer, well known for his community ...

Colonic stent placement as a bridge to surgery shows similar survival to emergency resection while reducing stoma rates in obstructive colorectal cancer.

Miami, FL - The introduction of drug-eluting stents will probably lead to a reduction in cardiac surgery volume, but this may not be as great as has previously been proposed by some interventional ...

Retired meat-cutter Will Neighbors is still plenty sharp. But when he was diagnosed with a failing heart valve, he knew he was in trouble. "I just couldn't do anything," said Neighbors. "I couldn't ...

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani underwent heart stent surgery Tuesday to open up two clogged arteries, his son, Andrew, and radio partner Maria Ryan said. Giuliani, 78, had been feverishly campaigning ...

FILE - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, center, leads the official door-opening ceremony of lower Manhattan's St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. The spiritual leader of ...