Two decades of experience with stenting to treat pulmonary vein stenosis in children at one of the foremost US centers for the procedure paints a sobering picture, one of short-term success against a ...

Researchers conducted a retrospective review of 14 patients with intracranial stent placement for cerebral aneurysm or intracranial stenosis. The researchers screened all patients using quantitative ...

Among patients with symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis — an important cause of stroke — the use of a balloon-expandable stent was associated with worse outcomes than medical therapy alone in ...

For patients with symptomatic intracranial stenosis, treatment with a balloon-expandable stent worsens outcomes compared with medical therapy alone, according to results from the VISSIT trial ...

Quantitative magnetic resonance angiography is a promising screening tool to detect in-stent stenosis with high sensitivity and specificity, according to a new study. Great advances have been made in ...

VS3 Medical, Inc. announced it has commenced enrollment in an international first-in-human (FIH) study evaluating the VS3 Med ...

Nice, France - Long-term results from two large European trials suggest that carotid artery stenting (CAS) is as effective as carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in preventing recurrent ischemic stroke in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a medical journalist covering cardiology news. Sep 07, 2011, 02:29pm EDT Oct 03, 2011, 07:23pm EDT This article is more than ...

In a small series of patients with renal artery stenosis, primary patency at six months was 92%. WASHINGTON D.C.—A novel stent may have advantages over previous stents in the treatment of renal artery ...

Stenting has increasingly been used for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis, although it is still unknown whether it is as safe and successful as carotid endarterectomy. Several studies have been ...