Introduction of drug-eluting stents in the treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions has decreased restenosis rates and repeat revascularizations. Modification of plaque morphology before stenting ...

stent thrombosis with adjacent stents. The British Bifurcation Coronary Study randomized trial of simple versus complex drug-eluting stenting for bifurcation lesions was published recently.

while performing angioplasty and stenting procedures in coronary saphenous vein bypass grafts and carotid arteries; the diameter of the vessel at the site of filter loop placement should be between ...

The recently approved device simplifies operator manipulations by loading a balloon and filter onto the stent.

Nitinol is a nearly equiatomic metal alloy of nickel and titanium with unique properties, including superelasticity (also called pseudoelasticity) and shape memory ...