Q: My cardiovascular surgeon tells me medicine has mostly abandoned shunt and stent placements as a solution to carotid artery plaques. Instead, doctors are returning to the older “Roto-Rooter” ...

Even at rest they hurt. They were also often cold and numb, sometimes tingled and were unnaturally shiny. Doctors had a difficult time detecting pulses in the diabetic’s feet. The 69-year-old retired ...

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 ...

A mesenteric artery bypass is a procedure used to treat a blockage in your superior mesenteric artery. It involves using a graft sourced from another blood vessel or a synthetic material to create a ...

Ex vivo renal artery reconstruction is an extensive procedure used to treat complex aneurysms of the artery that supplies your kidney. It involves removing your kidney, repairing the artery, and ...

Catheter-based procedures are preferred over traditional surgery. The global interventional cardiology devices market is ...

BOSTON -- A short course of rivaroxaban (Xarelto) after transradial coronary procedures helped prevent radial artery occlusion complications, the RIVARAD trial from Tunisia showed. The direct-acting ...

Acquisition of RIST Neurovascular Enhances Medtronic's Capabilities to Serve Patients Treated for Brain Aneurysms and Other Neurovascular Conditions DUBLIN, Feb. 1, 2021 /CNW/ -- Medtronic plc ...