ProPublica reporters are looking into the booming business around peripheral artery disease, a condition that afflicts 6.5 million Americans over age 40. It’s caused when fatty plaque builds up in a ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Atherectomy has no advantage over conventional balloon angioplasty for the treatment of severe calcified lesions, according to unexpected results from the largest trial of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Brian G. DeRubertis, MD, FACS, professor of surgery in the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at the ...

1. Which specialist should I consult for undergoing an atherectomy? You should consult a cardiologist or a vascular surgeon. 2. What happens during a cardiac catheterization? During a cardiac ...

The recent New York Times article highlighting inappropriate treatment patterns among patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) has made a serious but much needed impact on patients and physicians ...

Surgeries and procedures for atherosclerosis include Angioplasty, Stent placement, Coronary Artery Bypass surgery, Carotid artery surgery and Atherectomy. Such procedures may involve the use of ...

Medtronic has recalled 95,110 HawkOne Directional Atherectomy Systems because of the risk of the guidewire within the catheter moving downward or prolapsing during use, which may damage the tip of the ...

Routine use of an orbital atherectomy device to remove calcium from severely blocked coronary arteries before patients undergo cardiac stenting procedures does not improve outcomes, a Mount Sinai-led ...

We have moved interventional procedures guidance 380 to become HealthTech guidance 251. This is to better reflect the NICE HealthTech programme which combines the former NICE Diagnostics Assessment ...

Doctors at SUM Ultimate Medicare successfully performed a below-knee advanced endovascular atherectomy using Jetstream technology, saving a patient's leg from amputation. This minimally invasive ...

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