11. At Emory Heart Center, a stent was inserted by interventional cardiologist Tanveer Rab to open up a clogged artery. 12. Bad cases can lead to serious heart attacks, or can be treated with drugs, bypass operations or angioplasty to open up clogged arteries. 13. Both Genentech and Chiron Corp. failed in clinical trials using growth factors to stimulate the body to grow new blood vessels to bypass clogged arteries. 14. About half its revenue comes from angioplasty balloons, which are used to open clogged arteries, analysts said. 15. But most doctors still rely on balloon angioplasty, a procedure in which clogged arteries are forced open by pressure from a saline-filled balloon. 16. But the bears seem to be giving up on SciMed Life Systems, which makes catheters and other equipment for angioplasty, a medical procedure to clear clogged arteries. 17. Catheters are marvels of modern medicine, spaghetti-thin devices that doctors thread through blood vessels to open clogged arteries or to perform other repairs without surgery. 18. Certainly, butter contains saturated fats that can contribute to clogged arteries and weight gain. 19. Clogged arteries in the heart and elsewhere are also risk factors, and so are diabetes, alcoholism and chronic lung diseases like emphysema. 20. Cheney leaves the hospital after undergoing a procedure to open a clogged artery. |