“In terms of insertion technique, the procedure is much the same as placing a stent in an affected artery, so there was no need to learn a major new set of skills for this new treatment paradigm.

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They tell you a bypass operation of a blocked ... artery disease. The vascular surgery unit in Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, aimed to streamline the process from referral to treatment for people ...

But they may not always be the best treatment method for coronary artery ... in which the doctor uses a balloon catheter to open a clogged artery, says Richard Wright, MD, a cardiologist at ...

I'm 52 years old and enjoy long walks with my husband and our dog. I recently started to experience pain in my left calf ...

Completing these procedures at the same time saves you from undergoing additional surgery. Healthy arteries are like hollow pipes. When they’re wide open, blood flows through them easily. As we age, ...