DURHAM, N.C.--Tryton Medical, Inc., the leading developer of stents designed to definitively treat bifurcation lesions, announced that the German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information ...

These types are called coronary stents. Usually made of metal mesh, they’re put into arteries after a procedure to expand the artery called a percutaneous coronary intervention or, its more common ...

A stent is a tube-shaped device that can be inserted into a narrowed passageway or vessel to hold it open. A stent therefore acts as a scaffold that holds bodily tubes open. The coronary stent is one ...

A drug-eluting stent, or DES, is a small, metal mesh tube placed in a blocked coronary artery. The metal is coated in medicine and helps reopen your artery and keep it open. ‌ Stents are used to treat ...

Angioplasty and stent placement are common procedures to open arteries in the heart that are clogged. These procedures are formally known as coronary angioplasty or percutaneous coronary intervention.

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 ...

Stents are permanent mesh tubes that help direct blood flow to the heart or other organs. Usually, stents are not replaced but may be reinforced. However, some people may experience issues such as ...

Are drug-eluting stents good or bad medicine? The question has been hotly debated since 2006, when a Swedish study indicated that the devices might be too risky to use in patients with complex ...