Angioplasty is one of the most common medical procedures in the U.S.; in 2006 more than 1.3 million were done. But recent studies have cast doubt on its benefits. Now CBS News medical correspondent Dr ...

Heart ailments are on the rise. With winter approaching, the risk to develop cardiovascular disturbances also increases manifold. The reason might be both physiological changes like overall increased ...

One-year success rates from angioplasty procedures to open clogged arteries in the legs were significantly higher among patients whose procedures were guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) ...

“Angioplasty is a non-surgical procedure that can be used to open blocked heart arteries,” explains Dr. Mark Apfelbaum, director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory ...

Almost 30% heart patients may not require angioplasty and there is technology to determine if a person who has undergone angiogram needs angioplasty. But over 50% cath labs in state lack this facility ...

Over the last few decades, improvements in equipment, stents, procedures, and pharmaceutical therapy have greatly improved short- and long-term clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary ...

In Panel A, a lateral angiogram of the left vertebral artery shows a high-grade (atherosclerotic) stenosis proximal to the origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery and delayed filling of the ...

Treatment of symptomatic intracranial stenosis with antiplatelet and antithrombotic agents is associated with a high failure rate, resulting in stroke and death in a considerable proportion of ...

2011: Discomfort in the chest. Angiogram. No blocks. All clear. 2025: Discomfort in the chest while running at a higher speed. Angiogram. Two blocks. Angioplasty. Two stents. One question that has ...