Abbott's Esprit BTK dissolving stent earns EU approval, revolutionizing treatment for severe peripheral artery disease.

Abbott has collected a green light in Europe for its dissolving, drug-laden stent in peripheral artery disease, following its ...

Impact of the NCD on referrals and volumes of transfemoral carotid artery stenting, the multidisciplinary approach to evaluation and treatment, considering patient factors and patient preference, ...

Angioplasty is a procedure that uses stents to unblock arteries and reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke for those with peripheral artery disease (PAD).

Stenting and surgery are equally effective at reducing the risk of stroke in someone with a narrowed carotid artery, Thomas Brott, a physician who is a professor of neurosciences at the Mayo ...

A more recent technique, called carotid stenting, involves inserting a mesh tube to keep the artery open. The tube, or stent, is inserted through the groin.

Methods Among patients with carotid-artery stenosis who had been randomly assigned to stenting or endarterectomy, we evaluated outcomes every 6 months for up to 10 years at 117 centers.

A stent can be life-saving during a heart attack, but it's not always necessary for those with coronary artery disease. Here's what you need to know.

A vascular surgeon at UAMS has performed the first transcarotid artery stenting using blood flow reversal in the state. The patient, Samuel Anderson of Cabot was back out in his garden the very ...