Decisions on heart stenting consider multiple medical factors beyond blockage levels. In Bangalore, angioplasty costs vary.

People who've survived a heart attack and have been given a stent may be better off quitting low-dose aspirin a month after the procedure, a new study finds. The strategy is "beneficial by reducing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jerry Bailey was awake while a medical team at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital reopened one of his previously stented arteries using ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Last October, on one of her walks with her dog, Emmett, 76-year-old Eileen Aviss felt tightness in her chest. She went home and Googled the symptoms to try to figure out what ...

Former President George W. Bush was hospitalized on Tuesday to treat a blocked artery in his heart. Doctors discovered the blockage during Bush’s routine physical, and recommended a stent to keep the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 71-year-old woman diagnosed with coronary artery disease. My latest calcium score was 801. My right coronary artery was 80% blocked, and the left artery was 25%. My cardiologist ...

Using intravascular imaging to guide stent implantation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in heart disease patients significantly improves survival and reduces adverse cardiovascular ...

Sanford Aberdeen (S.D.) Medical Center recently performed the first robot-assisted angioplasty for an acute heart attack patient and achieved a door-to-balloon time far below the national average. The ...

Heart disease is one of the most serious challenges to global health. The incidence of heart-related diseases and ...

Former President George W. Bush successfully underwent a heart procedure in Dallas on Tuesday after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery during his annual physical, Bush spokesman Freddy Ford ...