Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with kidney failure who successfully used a permanent access for hemodialysis, the incidence of ...

Bethesda, MD - A new study comparing 10-year patency of saphenous vein grafts (SVG) and internal mammary artery grafts (IMA) indicates that while long-term patency of the IMA grafts is better than ...

New data suggest that the 5-year patency for self-expanding covered stents used for the treatment of superficial femoral artery occlusive disease was within an acceptable range, with the larger ...

WASHINGTON, DC—In PAD patients, treatment with a second-generation paclitaxel drug-coated balloon (DCB) led to better target vessel patency and less repeat revascularization in a head-to-head ...

An estimated 40–60 million men worldwide have undergone vasectomy, accounting for 5–10% of birth control methods currently in use. 1 When a government-backed family planning project launched in 1960, ...

Video capsule endoscopy, commonly used to detect intestinal disease, can be complicated by stenosis that prevents passage of the capsule, often resulting in the need for surgery or endoscopy to remove ...

May 20, 2009 — Treatment with dipyridamole plus aspirin improves hemodialysis graft patency, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial reported in the May 21 ...

ANAHEIM, CA—Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with ticagrelor and aspirin improves saphenous vein graft (SVG) patency up to a year after CABG surgery without increasing major bleeding risk ...

Improvements in patency potentially enable uninterrupted dialysis and reduced use of central venous catheters. Drug-coated balloon angioplasty maintains patency better than standard balloon ...

(RTTNews) - Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (MMSI), a healthcare technology company, announced Tuesday that initial six-months results of WRAPSODY Cell-Impermeable Endoprosthesis or CIE recorded 89.8 ...

PATENCY of the ductus arteriosus is a common congenital defect, but it is rare in very old age. In fact we know of no case confirmed at autopsy in a patient so old as John Wood, whom we describe and ...