CHICAGO (Reuters) - Diabetics with stable heart disease do just as well taking drugs alone as getting quick angioplasty or bypass surgery to open blocked heart arteries, U.S. researchers said on ...

An Abbott device that failed heart disease patients is getting a new life in patients with severe vascular disease. The device is a below-knee stent that widens clogged blood vessels, and then ...

CHICAGO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Heart devices known as drug-eluting stents may be far more prone to breaking than expected and may cause blood clots and scar tissue formation in some patients, U.S.

A recent study found that effective treatment for clogged arteries may differ for men and women, according to research ...

For diabetics, heart drugs may be just as effective as bypass surgery or stents. NEW ORLEANS, June 8, 2009— -- Cardiac bypass surgery, angioplasty and stents were no better than standard drugs ...

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 ...

A stent thrombosis is a blood clot that forms within a coronary stent. It can be a complication of stent placement to open a narrowed artery. A coronary stent is a mesh tube that opens a narrowed or ...

A study of 200 heart patients in the United Kingdom shocked the international cardiology community on Thursday when it reported that patients who had stents put in to treat nonemergency chest pain ...