Terumo Interventional Systems has announced the early commercial availability of its FDA-approved Roadsaver Carotid Stent ...

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 ...

HOUSTON - A Nashville family, the Whiteheads, traveled to Houston seeking life-saving care for their baby boy, Laken, who was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) during pregnancy. He ...