Angioplasty is one of the most common medical procedures in the U.S.; in 2006 more than 1.3 million were done. But recent studies have cast doubt on its benefits. Now CBS News medical correspondent Dr ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . IVUS-guided angioplasty for peripheral artery disease improved procedural outcomes vs. an angiography-guided ...

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) ...

“Angioplasty is a non-surgical procedure that can be used to open blocked heart arteries,” explains Dr. Mark Apfelbaum, director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory ...

In Panel A, a lateral angiogram of the left vertebral artery shows a high-grade (atherosclerotic) stenosis proximal to the origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery and delayed filling of the ...

A big study says most patients without known heart disease who undergo coronary angiography don't have clogged arteries after all. In such patients angiograms reveal coronary disease only 40 percent ...

Because stent implantation for disease of the superficial femoral artery has been associated with high rates of late clinical failure, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is preferred for ...