DETROIT (WWJ) - A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association takes a closer look at the number of angioplasty procedures being prescribed for those suffering from coronary ...

The number of angioplasty procedures classified as rarely appropriate declined sharply between 2010 and 2014, as did the number of those performed on patients with non-acute conditions, according to a ...

First In-Man Experience Exceeds Expectations, Cited as “Game Changer” for Below-the-Knee Procedures CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summa Therapeutics, LLC announced today that the first-in-man ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in men’s sexual function after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) treatment for acute myocardial infarction (MI). Sixty men aged 18–70 ...

Over the last several years angioplasty has exceeded coronary bypass surgery as the preferred way to treat coronary artery disease. The stents, narrow tubes inserted into the artery to facilitate ...

A new Journal of the American Medical Association study has found that angioplasties are misused in more than one-tenth of patients undergoing elective treatment, highlighting concerns that physicians ...

Nov. 13 -- WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Heart attack patients who undergo emergency coronary angioplasty at community hospitals are more likely to survive if they're treated at facilities ...

A new procedure approved for use jointly at Auburn Regional Medical Center and Federal Way's St. Francis Hospital means less travel and unfamiliar surroundings for patients. The state Department of ...

OAKLAND PARK (CBS4) - It's the number one killer in American and last year alone cost the U.S. more than $316 billion in healthcare. It's heart disease. One of the leading causes of heart disease is ...

“X-Men” star Patrick Stewart is recovering at home after undergoing an angioplasty procedure earlier this week to widen an artery, his publicist told The Associated Press Friday. Angioplasty involves ...

ORLANDO (Nov. 9, 2015) - The number of angioplasty procedures classified as rarely appropriate declined sharply between 2010 and 2014, as did the number of those performed on patients with non-acute ...