A News 9 viewer who recently received a heart stent says they are feeling hot, dizzy and faint, but their heart monitor shows ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Millions of people with stents that prop open clogged heart arteries may need anti-clotting drugs much longer than the one year doctors recommend now. A large study found that ...

A stent designed specifically for infants and young children with congenital heart disease has demonstrated strong safety and effectiveness in a pivotal multicenter clinical trial. Children's Hospital ...

Can heart stents decline over time or need replacement? A cardiologist explains how stents work, why problems can develop, ...

Each year, nearly a million Americans undergo implantation of heart stents. These tiny, wiry tubes of woven metal help prop open the coronary arteries, which supply the heart muscle with blood. Though ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many patients with severe but stable heart disease who routinely undergo invasive procedures to clear and prop open clogged arteries would do as well by just taking medications and ...

Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento and Mills-Peninsula Health Services, both affiliates of Sutter Health, will be among the first in the country to offer patients with coronary artery disease a new ...

When arterial plaque – a sticky combination of fatty deposits, calcified material, inflammatory cells and other substances – build up on the inner walls of coronary or other arteries, blood flow ...