Examining new research on and uses for stents -- spring-like devices that keep heart patients' narrowing arteries open. Susan Dentzer reports.

Cardiology specialist Dr. Mark Wiley speaks with The Star about stents and what could be next for KU basketball’s head coach.

A couple of stents were put in, and he was sent home. But then, pneumonia set in and it just wouldn’t go away. Further testing confirmed the unthinkable. Wojick would need a heart transplant.

This means that as the child grows older and their blood vessels get bigger, stents have to be replaced, often with open heart surgery, Zahn said. “It’s not unusual to have kids who are going ...

Heart patients around the country are calling their doctors to question plans to treat clogged arteries with stents. It is the early fallout from a big study that showed drugs work just as well in ...

Many believed that these stents prevented heart attacks and maybe even death. Percutaneous coronary intervention, the procedure by which a stent can be placed, became very common.

By Elisha Sauers PUBLISHED: March 23, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. | UPDATED: August 15, 2019 at 3:04 p.m.

If heart doctors halted such practices, it could save the health care system more than $500 million a year, she said. The study might prompt discussions among patients and cardiologists based on ...

Trident Health will host four free American Heart Month events during February, including “Women & Heart Health – Love Your Heart” from 4:30-7 p.m. Feb. 2 at Trident Medical Center.