Get clear answers on coronary angioplasty and bypass surgery to make informed decisions for better heart health.

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 ...

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With cardiovascular diseases becoming increasingly common among the young and the old, blockages in the heart is a frequent problem cardiologists have to face. To treat blockages angioplasty and stent ...

Submaximal balloon angioplasty for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) improved outcomes over aggressive medical management alone, the BASIS trial from China showed. The incidence ...

Coronary angioplasty, also known as Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, is an interventional procedure wherein blood flow is restored in a blocked blood artery supplying to the heart.

Dennis T. Ko, M.D. However, a significant proportion of STEMI patients will "fail" to reperfuse following fibrinolytic therapy; indeed, normal coronary blood flow (TIMI flow grade 3) is achieved in ...

Noting that robotic angioplasty was an evolving technology, Y. Vijayachandra Reddy, senior consultant and interventional cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, said the robotic system made it ...

Angioplasty, a surgical procedure that opens blocked arteries, often involves placing a metal tube to hold arterial walls open and prevent them from collapsing once the arterial block is surgically ...

There is no need to go under the knife even if there is a 100% block in a coronary artery and the block can be removed through angioplasty, say a section of doctors. CHENNAI: There is no need to go ...

Aortic coarctation is a congenital narrowing of part of the aorta, most commonly the aortic arch, usually close to the origin of the left subclavian artery. This results in high blood pressure in the ...