Stents

Angioplasty and stent placement are common procedures performed after a heart attack to open clogged arteries.

Union Minister Narayan Rane on Friday underwent angioplasty with insertion of a stent in Mumbai's Lilavati hospital, a doctor from the facility said.

The opener underwent an angioplasty procedure to have a stent inserted on Wednesday while a second procedure was carried out on Thursday to insert a second stent.

A team of 12 doctors and paramedics undertook a nine-hour-long surgery to treat a 35-year-old man whose metallic stent had migrated from the liver to the heart causing rupture in the aortic sinus, a leading private hospital in Delhi said today.

Muttiah Muralitharan had undergone angioplasty in Chennai on Sunday. The bowling legend had a stent fitted to unblock his artery.

According to the report, Muttiah Muralitharan will be rejoining SunRisers Hyderabad for the ongoing IPL 2021, after getting discharged from the hospital.

Sourav Ganguly recently underwent a second round of angioplasty and two stents were inserted in his coronary arteries.

The BCCI president Sourav Ganguly underwent a successful angioplasty at the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday.

A series of medical tests would be conducted on BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday following which a decision might well be taken on the next course of treatment, a senior doctor at the hospital where he has been admitted said.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly will undergo stenting on Thursday, Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata said.

Some of the most common invasive heart procedures in America are no better at preventing heart attacks and death in patients with stable heart disease than pills and lifestyle improvements alone, according to a massive federally funded study designed to resolve a long-standing controversy in cardiology.

Heart surgery: Doctors have called this research to be most in-depth and controlled one on stents and artery-clearing devices. It mentions that patients who had no surgery for blocked arteries and received drug therapy alone, did not have any more heart attacks than those who did have surgery.

Researchers have developed a type of "smart stent" that monitors even subtle changes in the flow of blood through the artery, detecting the narrowing in its earliest stages and making early diagnosis and treatment possible

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed beneficiaries of various healthcare efforts of the centre, including the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana. He spoke extensively about the availability cheaper stents, dialysis and knee implants without any compromise on quality.

India has told the US it won't abstain from capping prices for more medical devices, regardless of pressure to rethink its stance after price controls on heart stents and knee implants spoilt the market for some US firms, sources familiar with the matter said

Angioplasty and stent placement are common procedures performed after a heart attack to open clogged arteries.

Union Minister Narayan Rane on Friday underwent angioplasty with insertion of a stent in Mumbai's Lilavati hospital, a doctor from the facility said.

The opener underwent an angioplasty procedure to have a stent inserted on Wednesday while a second procedure was carried out on Thursday to insert a second stent.

A team of 12 doctors and paramedics undertook a nine-hour-long surgery to treat a 35-year-old man whose metallic stent had migrated from the liver to the heart causing rupture in the aortic sinus, a leading private hospital in Delhi said today.

Muttiah Muralitharan had undergone angioplasty in Chennai on Sunday. The bowling legend had a stent fitted to unblock his artery.

According to the report, Muttiah Muralitharan will be rejoining SunRisers Hyderabad for the ongoing IPL 2021, after getting discharged from the hospital.

Sourav Ganguly recently underwent a second round of angioplasty and two stents were inserted in his coronary arteries.

The BCCI president Sourav Ganguly underwent a successful angioplasty at the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday.

A series of medical tests would be conducted on BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday following which a decision might well be taken on the next course of treatment, a senior doctor at the hospital where he has been admitted said.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly will undergo stenting on Thursday, Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata said.

Some of the most common invasive heart procedures in America are no better at preventing heart attacks and death in patients with stable heart disease than pills and lifestyle improvements alone, according to a massive federally funded study designed to resolve a long-standing controversy in cardiology.

Heart surgery: Doctors have called this research to be most in-depth and controlled one on stents and artery-clearing devices. It mentions that patients who had no surgery for blocked arteries and received drug therapy alone, did not have any more heart attacks than those who did have surgery.

Researchers have developed a type of "smart stent" that monitors even subtle changes in the flow of blood through the artery, detecting the narrowing in its earliest stages and making early diagnosis and treatment possible

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed beneficiaries of various healthcare efforts of the centre, including the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana. He spoke extensively about the availability cheaper stents, dialysis and knee implants without any compromise on quality.

India has told the US it won't abstain from capping prices for more medical devices, regardless of pressure to rethink its stance after price controls on heart stents and knee implants spoilt the market for some US firms, sources familiar with the matter said