Boston Scientific has told customers to stop using certain stents linked to three deaths, the Food and Drug Administration ...
The Axios stent system is designed for endoscopic ultrasound-guided transluminal drainage of symptomatic pancreatic ...
This week's Medtech in a Minute features news about Boston Scientific and a potentially dangerous chemical used in IV bags ...
A News 9 viewer who recently received a heart stent says they are feeling hot, dizzy and faint, but their heart monitor shows ...
A new report published Tuesday found over one in five coronary stents placed between 2019 and 2021 were unnecessary, costing Medicare $800 million a year and putting patients at risk of complications ...
Those flimsy, wallet-sized pieces of paper that detail the type, size, and location of the stent implanted? After roughly 4 years after device implantation, just under half of patients still carry ...
Silk Road Medical, Inc. SILK recently announced the launch of its Tapered ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System in the United States, which is indicated for patients at high risk and standard risk for ...
When patients are in the throes of a heart attack, there’s no question that stents save lives. But for heart patients with few symptoms and less than severe artery blockage, whether to use a stent is ...
Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...
Treating narrowed or blocked heart arteries has evolved over the past 40 years. This week, the FDA approved the latest step in that evolution — a stent that dissolves away, leaving nothing behind.
The absence of coach Luis Zubeldía from leading Fluminense for about 15 days has raised questions about the procedure he ...