A Children's Hospital Los Angeles team has become the first in the world to implant a cardiac stent that's designed specifically for babies and young children and can be expanded all the way to adult ...

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When someone comes in for a new heart stent, it's critical that the medical team doing the procedure knows several key facts about previous stents the patient has had. But fewer than half of patients ...

On Christmas Eve 2023, newlyweds Lauren and Kahler Cox were headed home from an extended family vacation on Florida’s Gulf Coast when their lives changed forever. While driving, Kahler, just 29 years ...

— Next Generation DeepOCT™ and Near Infrared Spectroscopy Intravascular Imaging System Now Includes Expanded Toolkit to Optimize Coronary Stent Placement in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab — ...

Two cardiac catheterization laboratories have opened at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. The cardiac catheterization laboratories as well as ...

The heart is an intricate plumbing system of valves, pumps and pipelike vessels which control the flow of blood throughout the body, and the doctors who specialize in its function, diagnosis and ...

Restenosis after coronary stenting necessitates repeated percutaneous or surgical revascularization procedures. The delivery of paclitaxel to the site of vascular injury may reduce the incidence of ...

After a review of coronary stent procedures at its Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health has concluded 192 patients have undergone procedures potentially unnecessary in the past ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — It’s about the patients. That’s Karing Hearts Cardiology CEO Dr. Jeff Schoondyke’s stated rationale for a now successful effort to gain permission for a freestanding ...