The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a heart stent made specifically for infants and young children, a device that could help kids born with certain congenital heart defects avoid a ...

The FDA has approved the Minima stent system, the first device specifically designed for infants and young children with congenital heart defects. The innovative stent could help thousands of children ...

Heart stents have saved countless lives and remain one of the most effective treatments for blocked coronary arteries. By improving blood flow to the heart, they help relieve chest pain and lower the ...

Each year, nearly a million Americans undergo implantation of heart stents. These tiny, wiry tubes of woven metal help prop open the coronary arteries, which supply the heart muscle with blood. Though ...

Twenty-four weeks into her pregnancy, Serena Chen and her husband received unexpected news: a fetal echocardiogram revealed that their daughter, Chloe, would be born with a congenial heart defect that ...

For patients with acute coronary syndrome who undergo surgery to receive a heart stent, taking oral antiplatelet medications can be a lifesaver, yet more than half of these patients don’t adhere to ...

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 ...

When the arteries that supply blood to the heart become narrowed or clogged, the condition is known as Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). It makes it difficult for the blood to flow to the heart muscle.

According to the British Heart Foundation, Angioplasty is a common procedure to open blocked or narrowed arteries. This is a painless procedure done under local ...