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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients who got Eli Lilly and Co's anti-clotting drug prasugrel after a coronary stent procedure had fewer stent-related clots than those on standard drug therapy, an analysis ...

WASHINGTON — Patients treated with a Medtronic stent to prevent aneurysms appear more likely to die than those who undergo surgery, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. The FDA said new data ...

Many people who receive one stent will need additional stents, but as the number of devices in the heart increases, so do the risks of serious complications. If a coronary artery has become narrowed, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A stent coated with site-specific antithrombotic therapy safely managed thrombotic and bleeding risk after PCI.

Boston Scientific has told customers to stop using certain stents linked to three deaths, the Food and Drug Administration ...

The Texas Medical Board has accused cardiologist Samuel J. DeMaio, MD, of performing unnecessary heart stent and defibrillator implantation procedures and angiograms, according to an Austin ...

Researchers have created a new noninvasive technique for performing a type of artery bypass that may change the future of some coronary surgeries.