Young patients who receive stents to treat coarctation of the aorta see good hemodynamic results over the long term, combined data from the COAST and COAST II trials show, but late follow-up from ...

A little girl from Duluth is a trailblazer at the age of 1 because she got the first infant-sized stent put in, in Minnesota.

GORE ® Ascending Stent Graft, an investigational device, is an off-the-shelf endovascular solution designed to treat life-threatening Type A dissections of the ascending aorta FLAGSTAFF, ...

In patients with coarctation of the aorta, a covered platinum stent appears to be an effective approach for treating and possibly preventing associated aortic wall injury, according to findings from ...

Cardiovascular specialists have demonstrated the effectiveness of using stents -- as compared to traditional open-chest surgery -- to repair aortas that are torn as the result of accidents. A UC Davis ...

In treatment of native coarctation of the aorta, stenting lowers acute complications compared with surgery or balloon angioplasty alone, while both stenting and surgery achieve good mid-term ...

A new type of stent inserted in a Patchogue man’s aorta, used for the first time on Long Island at Stony Brook University Hospital, lessens the risk of complications or death from damage to that key ...

Gore & Associates announced the first implantation of its investigational Gore Ascending Stent Graft in the ARISE III tria ...

HERZLIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endospan, a pioneer in off-the-shelf endovascular repair of aortic arch disease was recently granted Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

Gore & Associates G.K. in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, announced the first clinical use in Japan of the Gore Excluder thoracoa ...

Medtronic has launched a global recall of its Valiant Navion thoracic stent graft system, used to reinforce large blood vessels at risk of rupturing from an aneurysm or other injuries. The medtech ...