More than one in five coronary stents doctors placed in Medicare patients from 2019 through 2022 weren't needed; and they cost the federal health program and beneficiaries about $2.4 billion ...

Dr. Michael Acker answers the question: 'Why Bypass Surgery Instead Of Stents?' — -- Question: Why do some patients require bypass surgery instead of stents? Answer: There are some situations ...

In a rare move, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has created a way for hospitals to be reimbursed for using a drug-eluting stent during the next fiscal year, despite the fact that ...

"Stents are not benign. Stents can have problems in the future. You want to use them under the right circumstances," Giesler said. Always discuss your risks and benefits with your doctor.

The FDA recently approved a heart stent made specifically for infants and young children, a device that could help kids born with certain congenital heart defects avoid a series of open heart ...

Ameer’s stent can also slowly release the drug Everolimus, which is used to prevent vessels from re-occluding due to scar-like tissue after angioplasty, by depositing a drug- citrate-based polymer ...

Every year, 60,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with heart failure, and many are treated with stents. In a large new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, my colleagues and I ...