Coronary angioplasty and stenting are common medical procedures used to widen a narrowed artery and restore optimal blood flow to the heart. During an angioplasty procedure, doctors open the blocked ...

NEW ORLEANS — Heart patients around the country are calling their doctors to question plans to treat clogged arteries with stents. It is the early fallout from a big study that showed drugs work just ...

For policymakers to cut medical spending, they must persuade doctors that some procedures are unnecessary. A friendly debate between two... Doctors Disagree About Effectiveness, Cost Of Stents In the ...

British heart doctors are fighting an effort to end government coverage for drug-coated heart stents, tiny metal-mesh tubes that prop open clogged arteries. Safety concerns reported last year already ...

For years, the usual protocol in patients with blocked arteries has been for doctors to perform angioplasty, inserting a tiny mesh tube known as a stent to keep the artery open. The procedure is ...