The procedure that opened a clogged artery in former President Bill Clinton is called stenting. Clinton had two stents placed inside the artery as part of a procedure that is common for people with ...

On the day before your treatment, you may be asked to withhold some of your blood pressure medication. This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent ...

Cardiac stents, the tiny tubes of metal mesh used to shore up blood vessels in heart disease patients, may pose a higher risk of triggering catastrophic blood clots than previously thought, according ...

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 ...

Few among us has never heard the litany of reasons we're vulnerable to dropping dead of a stroke. Smoking. Eating the fatty foods that raise cholesterol and enough salt to jack up blood pressure.

Patients who are at risk of stroke have a less invasive option to surgery that seems to be equally as effective, according to a large-scale medical study. A study called the Carotid Revascularization ...

On the day before your treatment, you may be asked to withhold some of your blood pressure medication. This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent ...