Surgeon James McCaslin, operating on Cramlington man Stephen Laurie, became the first in Europe to fit a stent that will help ...

(Reuters) - U.S. health advisers on Thursday unanimously backed a new Cook Medical stent coated with a common cancer-fighting drug to treat clogged arteries in the thighs. A panel of outside experts ...

A new treatment has arrived for a condition that feels like a 'heart attack in the legs', caused by blocked arteries ...

Dr. Michael Acker answers the question: 'Bypass Surgery Versus Stents?' — -- Question: What are the advantages of bypass surgery and the disadvantages of bypass surgery -- as compared with stents ...

Dr. Michael Acker answers the question: 'Why Bypass Surgery Instead Of Stents?' — -- Question: Why do some patients require bypass surgery instead of stents? Answer: There are some situations ...

LOS ANGELES — Results from 10 years' follow-up in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial (CREST) trial comparing carotid stenting and endarterectomy show low postprocedural ...

CHICAGO — Patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease who underwent a less-invasive stent procedure fared just as well as those who underwent open-heart bypass surgery after 5 years, the FAME 3 ...