Terumo has yet to establish a direct causal relationship between the deaths and the delivery system separation issues.
Stents are commonly used during procedures like angioplasty, where a catheter is inserted into a blocked artery.
Terumo announced today that it initiated a voluntary recall of specific models of its Relay Pro thoracic stent graft system.
Cone Health is touting new technology using artificial intelligence to help cardiologists plan heart procedures before ...
A new report published Tuesday found over one in five coronary stents placed between 2019 and 2021 were unnecessary, costing Medicare $800 million a year and putting patients at risk of complications ...
A stent can help save your life by restoring blood flow through a blocked artery, but does it really prevent future heart attack risk. Here’s what a cardiologist has to say.
Each year, about 250,000 Americans undergo sleeve gastrectomy, one of the most common weight-loss operations in the United States. For most patients, recovery is uneventful. But for a small ...
In a new study, researchers show, for the first time, that photoacoustic microscopy can image stents through skin, potentially offering a safer, easier way to monitor these life-saving devices. Each ...
When someone comes in for a new heart stent, it's critical that the medical team doing the procedure knows several key facts about previous stents the patient has had. But fewer than half of patients ...