Angiogram and angioplasty are heart procedures. Angiogram diagnoses heart vessel issues using X-rays and dye. Angioplasty treats blockages by opening arteries with a balloon and stent. Angiograms ...

Angioplasty is one of the most common medical procedures in the U.S.; in 2006 more than 1.3 million were done. But recent studies have cast doubt on its benefits. Now CBS News medical correspondent Dr ...

A new study has found that the use of drugs and stents, which are tiny metal scaffolds placed in clogged arteries, may be no better than using drugs alone in non-emergency situations. Two ...

LITTLE ROCK — In the most recent Annals of Internal Medicine, research shows that 88 percent of patients with known coronary artery disease undergoing coronary angiogram and possible angioplasty ...

Background Previous studies investigating the appropriateness of invasive management of coronary disease had not reported the internal consistency of their ratings and may now be out of date. The aim ...

Researchers have found accessing blocked arteries through the forearm compared to groin led to fewer vascular complications and similar success rates for angioplasty. In the future you may hear the ...

A report from the nationwide complete Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry (SCAAR) Results from the SCAAR study, presented at the ESC Congress 2011 today, showed that Percutaneous ...

Coronary angioplasty improves survival in all patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest, according to new research. Coronary angioplasty improves survival in all patients with out of hospital ...

The free-facility of Angiography and Angioplasty launched at Cardiology Unit of Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. In the current fiscal year, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had increased a total ...