The procedure to place a stent, often called angioplasty, is performed to restore proper blood flow, reduce symptoms (like ...

Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients' cognitive skills, according to ...

Next-generation vascular stents can make cardiovascular therapies minimally invasive and vascular treatments safe and less ...

Clogged arteries cause heart attacks. Clogged rivers cause floods. If plaque clogs your widowmaker artery and you don’t get a stent, you may have a serious heart attack. The Mississippi River is the ...

Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear ...

Next-generation vascular stents can make cardiovascular therapies minimally invasive and vascular treatments safe and less burdensome. In a new advancement, researchers from Japan and China have ...

Drug-coated balloons are gaining attention as a stent-free angioplasty option, offering a “leave nothing behind” approach ...

Cardiovascular diseases constitute a major global health concern. Various complications that affect normal blood flow in ...

A research team led by Professors Joo-Yong Hahn, Young Bin Song, and Ki Hong Choi of the Division of Cardiology at Samsung ...

Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear to be better at improving cognitive function than medi ...

Carotid revascularization did not lead to better cognitive performance compared with intensive medical therapy alone, according ...

In the first large randomized trial to prospectively assess cognition, carotid revascularization shows no cognitive advantage over intensive medical therapy alone.