When someone comes in for a new heart stent, it's critical that the medical team doing the procedure knows several key facts about previous stents the patient has had. But fewer than half of patients ...

STANFORD, Calif. — For patients with stable coronary artery disease who have at least one narrowed blood vessel that compromises flow to the heart, medical therapy alone leads to a significantly ...

Around half a million stents are implanted in Germany every year to treat narrowing of the blood vessels, a consequence of atherosclerosis. However, conventional models made of metal or polymers ...