W.L. Gore & Associates announced today that it received CE mark approval for its Viabahn Fortegra venous stent system.

Each year, about 250,000 Americans undergo sleeve gastrectomy, one of the most common weight-loss operations in the United ...

Each year, about 250,000 Americans undergo sleeve gastrectomy, one of the most common weight-loss operations in the United ...

Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to the hospital on Thursday for a stent procedure after reporting chest pains. See a computer animation showing how angioplasty and stents work to open ...

BOSTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Drug-coated stents implanted into clogged arteries of the heart work better than uncoated stents for high-risk patients, without a significant trade off in safety, a Canadian ...

Heart disease is still the leading cause of death in America and of the nearly 800,000 people suffering heart attacks each year, many receive heart stents as a treatment to relieve blocked arteries or ...

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, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with heart disease, small metal tubes called "stents" are often inserted into the coronary arteries during angioplasty to keep the vessels open and prevent a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who have a specific type of blocked heart artery seem to do equally well if they undergo artery-clearing angioplasty or a minimally invasive "key hole" bypass ...

After multiple blocked arteries, this executive learned a crucial truth: stents can open arteries, but they cannot stop heart ...