A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other ...

Two P2Y12 inhibitors often used interchangeably, ticagrelor and prasugrel (antiplatelet medications prescribed to prevent the ...

Surgeons in the United States perform nearly 600,000 coronary artery stent procedures and bypass surgeries every year.

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other coronary arteries also appear to be narrowed, it is safe to wait and treat ...

A one-month course of dual clot-preventing therapy followed by a single clot-prevention medication for the remainder of the standard 12-month regimen in adults with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most prevalent form of heart disease, affecting approximately 18 million adults in the ...

One year of treatment with either of two strong blood-thinning medications—ticagrelor and prasugrel—by people with type 1 or ...

Zhan Wenlian was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer and was given limited time. Determined not to lose her, Gui opted for ...

Blood-thinning drugs that doctors often prescribe interchangeably after procedures to reopen narrowed heart arteries don’t work equally well in patients with diabetes, a ...

A Chinese man who cryogenically preserved his terminally ill wife has caused public debate after entering a new relationship, raising ethical questions about love, loyalty, and science.

Aspen Medical confirmed the breakthrough after performing the first-ever Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) at the ...