A Swedish multi-center study led by researchers at Lund University shows a link between low fiber consumption and the presence of unstable or high-risk plaque in coronary arteries—the type of plaque ...

With a distribution agreement in place and an option to acquire Contego Medical, Medtronic’s peripheral vascular division ki ...

in the prior 14 days and atherosclerotic plaque in at least one carotid artery as determined by B‐mode ultrasound (intima‐media thickness ≥1.5 mm). Ischemic stroke was diagnosed when patients had a ...

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Here we use genetically predicted reaction fluxes to perform a systematic search for metabolic fluxes acting as buffers or amplifiers of coronary artery disease (CAD) risk alleles. Our analysis ...

We aim to describe the feasibility and initial safety of a robotic-assisted platform for treating carotid artery disease. Methods Single-center technical report of the first four consecutive cases of ...

What is off-pump CABG? Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is a type of heart surgery. Surgeons do this type of surgery to bypass blockages in the coronary arteries. An off-pump CABG is a CABG done ...

Addition of revascularization to optimized medical therapy was not beneficial in patients with carotid stenosis ≥50% and low or intermediate predicted stroke risk. HealthDay News — For patients with ...

1 A stenosis of the internal carotid artery may be responsible for 10% to 20% of all strokes or transient ischemic attacks. Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as a potential alternative ...

During embryological development, primitive anastomoses exist between the carotid and vertebrobasilar arteries ... variant of these persistent fetal anastomoses, the ‘transclival artery’, which ...

WARNING: This video above contains graphic content of the man’s medical condition. Viewer discretion is advised. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma man lost nearly all of his toes and almost ...