Medicine
Vermont Bernie Sanders is now out of a Las Vegas hospital after being hospitalized this week because of a blocked artery in his heart.
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A new report estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease.
This year the Food and Drug Administration approved Abbott's Absorb™ bioresorbable stent for the heart. It is made of a naturally dissolving material. We sit down with a Carson Tahoe Health Cardiologist to find out how it works in tonight’s Ask the Doctor.
A slowly dissolving medical implant for treating clogged arteries has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
Surgery
A well-known business and community leader is recovering after a 12-hour history-making surgery in Arizona.
You know what a life vest on a boat does. But do you know what a cardiac life vest does? The life vest is saving thousands of lives each year.
Medicine
You know what a life vest on a boat does, but do you know what a cardiac life vest does? The life vest is saving thousands of lives each year for those who are at risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
Patients who suffer from peripheral arterial disease have narrowing of arteries outside of the heart. For years, it was treated by inflating a balloon in the blockage. But just months ago, the FDA approved another option.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had a stent implanted to clear a blockage in her right coronary artery.