Several conditions in the abdominal region may be associated with tummy pain including constipation, gallstones, bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcers, acid reflux, celiac disease, indigestion, heartburn, cholecystitis, gastroenteritis, or other conditions. Testing helps diagnose the caus...
STENTS INSERTED: ; Former President Clinton undergoes heart procedureDeepti Hajela
Coronary stents only temporarily open the "culprit vessel", that is, the most severe stenosis, while the stenosis of other parts still exists. In addition to preventing the rapid development of arteriosclerosis, drug treatment can also prevent complications such as stent thrombosis and restenosis. ha...
Presidential candidate Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had emergency heart surgery after experiencing chest pain on the campaign trail Tuesday, his campaign said Wednesday. Sanders, who is 78, had two heart stents put in after doctors discovered a blockage in his artery. “Sen. Sa...
(heart attack); before major noncardiac surgery in patients at high risk for cardiac problems; before cardiac surgery in patients at risk for coronary artery disease; and before such interventional technologies and procedures as stents and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or closure...
At UPMC, our specialists use AFib ablation to treat symptoms that have not responded to medications. This procedure can restore the heart to a normal rhythm.
In patients with multi-vessel heart disease who have had a heart attack, immediate treatment with stents in all diseased arteries was found to be as safe and effective at one year of follow-up as staged treatment, according to findings from the first large, randomized trial to address this ...
Transbronchial Biopsy: Our Experience in 5 Year "Technologies such as catheters, balloons and stents to allow cardiologists to repair or widen coronary arteries by a minimally invasive procedure called coronary angioplasty are unrecognisable from 10 years ago," said Dr Tim Kinnaird, a consultant card...
On January 2, 2020, a woman underwent coronary angiography and implantation of three coronary stents at a hospital in Xinxiang city, Henan province, China. The whole body of this patient was irradiated unevenly, and the upper part of the dorsal torso suffered severe irradiation. Approximately 3 ...
These special stents are known as drug eluting stents.Risks of AngioplastyAngioplasty has lately become a very frequently used medical procedure. After the procedure is performed, there is a possibility of increased tissue growth in the artery. This condition is known as restenosis, and almost 30%...