Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento and Mills-Peninsula Health Services, both affiliates of Sutter Health, will be among the first in the country to offer patients with coronary artery disease a new ...

Each year, nearly a million Americans undergo implantation of heart stents. These tiny, wiry tubes of woven metal help prop open the coronary arteries, which supply the heart muscle with blood. Though ...

Blood thinners are an important medicine for many people with heart disease. These drugs help prevent dangerous blood clots from forming inside blood vessels. When clots block blood flow, they can ...

Over the years, stents, small metal devices placed inside blood vessels around the heart, have revolutionized cardiac care, allowing many patients with narrowed or blocked coronary arteries to forgo ...

Twenty-four weeks into her pregnancy, Serena Chen and her husband received unexpected news: a fetal echocardiogram revealed that their daughter, Chloe, would be born with a congenial heart defect that ...