WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 – A new drug-eluting stent design demonstrated superiority over a traditional drug-eluting stent at 6 months, according to a study led by Laura Mauri, MD, Associate ...

Drug-eluting stents are small, wire scaffolds that are inserted into coronary arteries that have become narrow due to the development of atherosclerosis. The stent helps to hold the artery open and ...

Suncica "Sunny" Canic was good at math in school, so that's what she pursued as a career. But she always liked medicine, too. When she moved to Houston, Texas, and met some cardiologists at a party, ...

When the first drug-eluting stents were implanted in 1999, researchers and clinical cardiologists welcomed this groundbreaking innovation. In this platform, stents that elute either a cytotoxic ...

Stent designs that favor flexibility and deliverability may come at the price of increased risk of longitudinal distortion, according to a small bench study published online November 30, 2011, ahead ...

As understanding of the mechanisms of restenosis evolves, so too does drug-eluting stent (DES) technology. Given the various components, including a bare-metal stent, carrier coating, bioactive drug, ...

The initial trials of drug-eluting stents (DESs) demonstrated marked reductions in restenosis and the need for repeat revascularization procedures, and resulted in the near instantaneous adoption of ...

How a wireless stent can be used for an implanted sensor and inductive link. How the wireless stent was fabricated and used. How the stent’s performance was evaluated. There are multiple options for ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause of death worldwide, with atherosclerosis being a primary contributor. The narrowing of blood vessels due to plaque buildup can lead ...