Direct stenting during saphenous vein graft (SVG) percutaneous coronary intervention improves safety not just in the short term but also thereafter, a post hoc analysis from the DIVA trial suggests.

A TINY balloon may be able to help doctors identify heart surgery patients who could be at risk of a potentially fatal complication. The tube-shaped balloon — which is just a couple of ...

A little while ago, cardiologists improved open-heart surgery by using super thin, flexible balloon catheters – or tubes inserted into the body to eliminate blockage in blood vessels and to ...

Intra-aortic balloons are typically used in the first few days of in-hospital recovery after an interventional heart surgery, heart attack or other major cardiac event that can keep the heart from ...