NEW YORK, NY – New stents with a biodegradable polymer are superior to first-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) when it comes to reducing target vessel revascularization (TVR) but are not better ...

Biodegradable magnesium stents have been developed to treat blockages in coronary arteries which can degrade within four months and achieve the same results as conventional stents, conclude authors of ...

CHICAGO — Ten-year results from the ISAR-TEST 4 trial have shown that new-generation drug-eluting stents are superior to early-generation stents in terms of clinical outcomes, including mortality.

New research published in Communications Biology and led by the University of Pittsburgh is poised to drastically improve the use of stents, demonstrating for the first time the successful use of a ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Two DES with biodegradable polymers—the everolimus-eluting Synergy and the sirolimus-eluting Orsiro—provide 1-year results not worse than those seen with the zotarolimus-eluting ...

The first fully biodegradable stent implanted in human patients shows major adverse event rates similar to those of bare-metal stents (BMS) and overall acceptable long-term safety out to 10 years, ...

New research is poised to drastically improve the use of tracheal stents for children with airway obstruction. Researchers demonstrate for the first time the successful use of a completely ...

Most people have heard about personalized medicine. But how about personalized medical devices? Northwestern Engineering's Guillermo Ameer and Cheng Sun have teamed up to use 3-D printing to develop ...

The introduction of biodegradable or bioresorbable polymer coatings is a promising development in stent technology. The investigators of two studies published in May 2014 describe follow-up data from ...

Stents, which are typically inserted into a blood vessel in order to expand the vessel to prevent or alleviate a blockage, have traditionally been made from metal mesh and remained in the body ...

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Pediatric laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS), a narrowing of the airway in children, is a complex medical condition. While it can be something a child is born with or caused by injury, the condition can ...