Chest pain or discomfort, upper body discomfort, shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, sleep problems, fatigue/tiredness. If you think you or someone else m...

Cardiac catheterization is a diagnostic imaging technique that allows your doctor to assess or confirm the presence of coronary artery disease or cardiac va...

Balloon angioplasty is a method for mechanically enlarging a constricted artery or blood vessel. A stenting technique is frequently used in conjunction wit...

A stent is a small metal mesh device used to support a blood vessel. A stent is a support or scaffold that is inserted into a coronary artery to keep it ope...

There are two main types of stents:  1. A bare metal stent (BMS)  2. Drug eluting stent (DES) Drug-eluting stents have recently become more widely used d...

Sometimes patients have blockages in their arteries that are calcified and hard. If the arterial plaque that is causing the blockage is too hard for the ang...