Healio

Self-expanding stent for transradial peripheral procedures gains FDA approval

Cordis announced the FDA has approved its self-expanding vascular stent designed for transradial peripheral procedures in the iliac and superficial femoral arteries. The self-expanding stent ...
TCTMD

CryoPlasty® Therapy With Boston Scientific PolarCath™ Dilatation System Reduces Restenosis Rates by Nearly 50 Percent in Peripheral Stenting Procedures

NATICK, Mass. and SAN FRANCISCO, Boston Scientific Corporation welcomed positive outcomes from the COBRA clinical trial, which evaluated post-dilation of nitinol stents using CryoPlasty® Therapy with ...
Fierce Healthcare

THE SAGE GROUP Reports That in 2008 Almost 1 Million Interventional Procedures Were Performed to Treat Peripheral Artery D

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- According to THE SAGE GROUP, almost 70% of the procedures performed to treat Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) were endovascular (angioplasty, atherectomy and primary stenting ...
Business Insider

Peripheral Stent Implants Market to Close in on US$ 6 Bn by 2030, Driven by Increasing Peripheral Artery Disease Patient Pool Worldwide - Persistence Market Research

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Growing prevalence of peripheral vascular disease across the globe is expected to increase demand for peripheral stent implants. Further, rising adoption of ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Inside the new stent that expands, contracts, and remodels with your heart

As you may be aware, the heart’s arteries are not rigid pipes; they’re living structures that twist, flex, constrict, expand, ...
KSAT

San Antonio surgeon discusses new procedure for people suffering from peripheral artery disease

SAN ANTONIO – Dr. Christopher Busken with Northeast Baptist Hospital has performed surgeries for about 15 years to help people who suffer from peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD happens when ...
UPI

Treatment for peripheral artery disease as effective for women as men

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) involves a debilitating narrowing of arteries in the legs, and the National Institutes of Health estimates that 1 in every 20 Americans over 50 is affected. Research ...
TCTMD

Boston Scientific Completes Enrollment in Clinical Trial Evaluating Next-Generation Nitinol Stent to Treat Iliac Artery Disease

NATICK, Mass., Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that it has completed enrollment in the ORION clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the Company's EPIC™ Self-Expanding Nitinol ...
Healthline

What to Know About Carotid Stent Surgery

Carotid stent surgery is one of two procedures that can be used to treat carotid artery stenosis. This procedure is considered a less invasive option with a faster recovery time. However, it does have ...
Business Wire

Cook Medical’s Zilver PTX Could Launch in Early 2012 and Double the Company’s Share of the Peripheral Vascular Stent Market

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, Cook Medical’s Zilver PTX drug-eluting stent is likely to be ...
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Studies compare stents and cardiac procedures for long-term survival

ATLANTA, GA (March 14, 2006) -- Cardiologists are continually searching for the most effective and non-invasive methods of treatment for their patients. Two studies presented today at the American ...