When stents don’t work for blocked arteries, targeted radiation may help
When stents don’t work for blocked arteries, targeted radiation may help Four times, Elaine Paparella Vandeputte underwent balloon angioplasty to clear dangerous blockages in her right coronary artery, usually also having stents implanted to prop open the vessel. Four times, the vessel became blocked again, clogged with scar tissue and other cells that were part…
