Birmingham, UK - A multicenter randomized trial has found that lower-limb bypass and balloon angioplasty are equivalent forms of treatment for patients with severe limb ischemia, at least in the ...

One-year success rates from angioplasty procedures to open clogged arteries in the legs were significantly higher among patients whose procedures were guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) ...

If your arteries are clogged and you're facing an angioplasty, your doctor may offer you an unusual choice: wrist or groin? Though the number of doctors who perform wrist angioplasty remains small in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Non-surgical treatment to unblock clogged arteries in legs and feet can save them from being amputated, even though those blood vessels are small and tricky to work in, ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Angioplasty of Arteries of Lower Extremities for Peripheral Artery Disease" report to their offering. This report ...

Frances Hamilton remembers the moment when her right leg began to go wrong. "I was running across the street in New York City and all of a sudden, my leg hurt when I reached the other side,'' she said ...

Angioplasty is a medical procedure that opens up a blocked or narrowed artery around the heart. Doctors also refer to angioplasty as percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI. During angioplasty, a ...

Because Joe Greene suffered from heart disease, it also meant he could be a candidate to develop peripheral arterial disease, a blockage of the arteries supplying blood to the arms and legs. Battling ...

DALLAS – It hasn’t become quite as routine as having your teeth cleaned, but a growing number of people are going to hospitals to get their heart arteries unclogged and going home the same day. New ...

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Hospital executives and physicians around the state are backing proposed legislation that would permit them to perform elective angioplasties without onsite cardiac surgery backup. The bills – Senate ...