A drug-eluting stent (DES), a mesh tube that can help prop open arteries after they are widened by balloon angioplasty, is more helpful than a bare-metal stent in preventing death and heart attacks for up to five years, according to a new study. Drug-eluting stents release...
If you are an African American, on Medicaid or don’t have health insurance, you are less likely than other patients to get a drug-eluting stent (DES). Stents – which come in bare-metal and DES varieties – are mesh tubes that help prop open arteries after they are...
In mid-July, Former Vice President Dick Cheney was equipped with a ventricular assist device (VAD), a mechanical device that partially or completely replaces the pumping function of a failing heart. In Cheney’s case, the VAD replaces the function of his left ventricle,...