The treatment of in-stent restenosis has been the subject of intense investigation. Intracoronary brachytherapy, the intravascular delivery of radiation, was viewed as a viable solution to inhibit ...
"Of interest, diabetic patients did not derive the benefit we expected from the combination of clopidogrel pretreatment and abciximab as was shown in other studies." The issue of adequate platelet ...
Ray Romano said that he had "90 percent blockage" in an artery and had a stent put in. Romano said it was in the artery that leads to "widowmaker" heart attacks, seemingly referring to the LAD. Romano ...
PHOENIX -- The novel, next-generation Xience drug-eluting stent (DES) with a 48-mm length met the performance bar with a particularly low restenosis rate, the SPIRIT 48 trial showed. The Xience ...
WASHINGTON, DC—The debate over which patients with left main coronary artery disease should be treated with PCI versus CABG remains unsettled, with experts at CRT 2019 comparing the late and early ...
Cardiovascular disease affects 315 million people globally and is the world’s leading cause of death. For the past quarter-century, it has been standard practice for heart surgeons to treat this by ...