Laser angioplasty is an invasive procedure that uses laser energy to remove plaque from arteries, offering an alternative to ...

While microcatheters are currently in widespread use for tasks such as clearing clogged arteries, stopping bleeding or ...

In a medical robotics breakthrough, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have built a new ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who undergo artery-clearing procedures are just as likely to survive one year after their surgery as their male counterparts, researchers report. The findings ...

The boffins at Chonnam National University have created a microscopic robot to be used in medical procedures to clear blocked arteries. The minuscule robot has six legs and walks in the same manner as ...

After a heart attack, elderly adults have better odds for improved health and survival if all major heart vessels are cleared, not just the one that caused the heart attack. Because these patients ...

Swarms of microscopic, magnetic, robotic beads could be scrubbing in next to the world’s top vascular surgeons—all taking aim at blocked arteries. These microrobots, which look and move like corkscrew ...

LOS ANGELES, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Angioplasty to clear blocked arteries costs more at hospitals not equipped for emergency heart surgery, according to a study presented on Sunday at the American Heart ...

Former President George W. Bush is recovering in a Texas hospital after doctors discovered a blocked artery during a routine physical. Doctors put in a wire mesh stent to clear the blockage. He s ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Wednesday that he’s returned to work since undergoing heart surgery to clear a significant blockage to an artery. Stitt, a Republican in his second term, ...