Karthik's reaction ‘Why me?’ reflects his surprise upon discovering that despite his 5 km runs and healthy lifestyle, he ...

A communications professional's unexpected heart block, despite a healthy lifestyle, led to angioplasty. His journey highlights the importance of home-cooked meals, deep breathing for sleep, and ...

The best path to a clogged heart might be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the ...

During a heart angioplasty, a doctor uses a catheter with a balloon to open a narrowed blood vessel in the heart. Typically, they insert a stent during the procedure. A stent is a mesh tube designed ...

In 1990, at the age of 60, Hackman underwent an angioplasty, according to a report by the United Press International. Hackman had been experiencing chest pains that radiated down one of his arms while ...

Angioplasty is a treatment for deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which is a blood clot that forms in one of the deep veins typically in your legs. DVT can partly or totally block the blood flow back to your ...

DANBURY- The state Office of Health Care Access has accepted Danbury Hospital's application for expanding its cardiac care, setting the stage for public hearings on the proposal. No dates have been ...

Balloon angioplasty is a minimally invasive procedure to treat blocked or narrowed arteries. It involves inserting a tiny balloon into a blood vessel and inflating it to treat blockages and improve ...

In these cases, angioplasty is the best option, shared the cardiologist: ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Orbital atherectomy was no better than balloon angioplasty for treatment of certain severely calcified coronary ...

A vacuum-cleaner-like device that sucks blood clots out of the arteries of heart attack victims before angioplasty reduces the death rate in the following year by nearly half, researchers reported ...

India Live 2012 has showcased two cases of complex interventional angioplasty live, which was organized by Cardiovascular Educational Research Trust at New Delhi, recently. This cases was telecasted ...