CHICAGO -- Is it safe to have your arteries unclogged at a hospital that lacks heart surgeons who can operate if something goes wrong? Many states ban this except in emergencies like heart attacks.

MINNEAPOLIS — Former President George W. Bush’s decision to allow doctors to use a stent to clear a blocked heart artery, performed absent symptoms, is reopening a national debate on the best way to ...

A 12-year-old boy from Vrindavan, battling a rare inflammatory disease that severely impacted his heart and kidneys, has been ...

A new drug-eluting balloon can perform just as well as the standard treatment for patients with coronary in-stent restenosis ...

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

In the treatment of larger narrowed blood vessels, drug-coated balloon catheters have been shown to deliver lasting and ...

Former President George W. Bush was hospitalized on Tuesday to treat a blocked artery in his heart. Doctors discovered the blockage during Bush’s routine physical, and recommended a stent to keep the ...

For patients with acute coronary syndrome who undergo surgery to receive a heart stent, taking oral antiplatelet medications can be a lifesaver, yet more than half of these patients don’t adhere to ...

Stents restore blood flow by keeping arteries open with a metal scaffold tube. Dr. Wiley emphasized multiple stents over time are common and not alarming. Stents rarely impact lifestyle; risk ...

The Texas Medical Board has accused cardiologist Samuel J. DeMaio, MD, of performing unnecessary heart stent and defibrillator implantation procedures and angiograms, according to an Austin ...