Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — Self-expanding and balloon-expandable stents were equally safe and effective in patients with iliac ...

Although the formation of collaterals is classically regarded as a compensatory mechanism to bypass and thus alleviate an obstruction, the mechanism and inducement of collateral formation are unknown.

For patients with iliac artery blockages, treatment with a self-expanding stent provides better protection against restenosis at 12 months and no reduction in safety compared with a balloon-expandable ...

Stenting of iliac artery disease in patients with severely calcified lesions or extensive peripheral artery disease (PAD)—who historically have been excluded from clinical trials—is safe and effective ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Omnilink Elite ® Vascular Balloon-Expandable Stent System for the ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9r4nlm/medipoint) has announced the addition of the "MediPoint: Peripheral ...

EL PASO, Texas -- William Beaumont Army Medical Center became the first military treatment facility in the Department of Defense to use the first "off-the-shelf" aortic branch device (stent graft) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA recently approved a self-expanding peripheral stent system for use in the common iliac, external iliac, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Abbott's Absolute Pro Vascular Self-Expanding Stent System for the treatment of iliac artery disease, a form of peripheral artery disease (PAD) ...

Stents open up narrowed arteries. When you have a stent placed, it’s meant to be permanent. Stents can stay in your body without breaking down over time, though in some cases they may need replacement ...