Q: My 82-year-old mother is having angina when she exerts herself. She is scheduled for an angiogram and maybe angioplasty. I’ve heard that women’s heart disease is different from men’s and that ...

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 ...

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of invasive management of coronary disease had not reported the internal consistency of their ratings and may now be out of date.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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . IVUS-guided angioplasty for peripheral artery disease improved procedural outcomes vs. an angiography-guided ...

“Angioplasty is a non-surgical procedure that can be used to open blocked heart arteries,” explains Dr. Mark Apfelbaum, director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory ...

One-year success rates from angioplasty procedures to open clogged arteries in the legs were significantly higher among patients whose procedures were guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) ...

In Panel A, a lateral angiogram of the left vertebral artery shows a high-grade (atherosclerotic) stenosis proximal to the origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery and delayed filling of the ...

Treatment of symptomatic intracranial stenosis with antiplatelet and antithrombotic agents is associated with a high failure rate, resulting in stroke and death in a considerable proportion of ...

2011: Discomfort in the chest. Angiogram. No blocks. All clear. 2025: Discomfort in the chest while running at a higher speed. Angiogram. Two blocks. Angioplasty. Two stents. One question that has ...

Clearlake, Lake County-- This rural Northern California town known for its scenic, bass-filled lake now has another distinction: Clearlake-area residents have been undergoing two common heart ...