Submaximal balloon angioplasty for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) improved outcomes over aggressive medical management alone, the BASIS trial from China showed. The incidence ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Balloon angioplasty and stent implantation procedures in the early postoperative period after congenital heart ...

In what is believed to be the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of its kind, patients with a chronic total blockage of a coronary artery who received a nonsurgical procedure to reopen the ...

Cardiac infections after heart stent procedures are rare but serious, with mortality rates up to 40 percent and symptoms ...

Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure to treat peripheral arterial disease of the legs. The procedure widens narrowed arteries in the pelvis or legs. It can help blood flow better. This may ...

In this prospective, open-label, noninferiority trial with a prespecified sequential testing strategy for superiority and blinded outcome adjudication, we randomly assigned patients with infrainguinal ...

The field of modern cardiology is gradually heading toward highly customized and efficient therapies. Precision angioplasty is one such development, which blends traditional angioplasty with ...

Balloon angioplasty is a minimally invasive procedure to treat blocked or narrowed arteries. It involves inserting a tiny balloon into a blood vessel and inflating it to treat blockages and improve ...

When patients mention 'laser angioplasty,' they often envision a rapid and painless fix. Yet, cardiologists explain that the process of Excimer Laser Coronary Atherectomy (ELCA) involves a specific ...

In what is believed to be the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of its kind, patients with a chronic total blockage of a coronary artery who received a nonsurgical procedure to reopen the ...