Patients with complex coronary artery disease who underwent a stenting procedure guided by intravascular imaging were nearly 40% less likely to die of heart disease, have a heart attack caused by a ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Johnson & Johnson's Cordis Corp. said Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration will allow patients to have MRI scans immediately after being implanted with its ...

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other coronary arteries also appear to be narrowed, it is safe to wait and treat ...

Abbott aims to build optical coherence tomography into a preferred tool for guiding the placement of stents that increase blood flow to the heart muscle. But a pair of major late-breaking studies ...

Chest pain may still be angina even when coronary angiogram testing shows the main heart arteries look clear. Using stress ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been taking Plavix (clopidogrel) for 15 years because of a mild heart attack that resulted in three stents. Next month, I am having a prostate MRI and biopsy. The urologist told ...

Researchers used photoacoustic microscopy to image stents through skin. They were able to visualize stents with fractures and compression and other clinical scenarios such as overlapped stents or ...