Rakesh Roshan took to Instagram to share a sudden health scare he recently experienced. He posted a picture with the staff of the hospital where he underwent treatment. Rakesh shared that he had ...

Winner of the DePuy Synthes Cerebrovascular Section Resident/Fellow Award, Karam Moon, MD, will be presenting his research, The Myth of Restenosis after Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting. Carotid ...

Orlando, Florida— Performing balloon angioplasty following the deployment of a carotid stent reduces the risk of restenosis but also appears to increase the risk of stroke, according to an analysis of ...

A common cause of stroke is the buildup of gooey, cholesterol-filled plaque inside arteries that nourish the brain. Clearing these blood vessels (the carotid arteries, which run up either side of the ...

Measures to avoid a second or subsequent stroke include treating metabolic syndrome and undergoing carotid angioplasty. Standard antiplatelet drug therapies are equally effective; so a tailored ...

From January 2003 to January 2005, 165 patients (87 men, 78 women) with four carotid artery stenoses were treated with CAS. Prospective data collection was performed under the approval of the ...

Carotid angioplasty with stenting and endarterectomy show similar effectiveness for preventing ipsilateral* stroke at 2 years and 4 years after the procedure in patients with symptomatic stenosis of ...

Veteran actor and filmmaker Rakesh Roshan recently shocked fans with a candid Instagram post as he revealed that a routine health checkup led to a life-saving discovery. Both his carotid arteries were ...

The optimum treatment strategy for patients with severe asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis who require cardiac surgery has not been established. All patients received clopidogrel (loading dose 300 ...

Operative management of carotid artery disease is performed in patients with the most advanced, substantial haemodynamic changes, which narrow the lumen of arteries by more then 70%, even if the ...

Treating metabolic syndrome and undergoing carotid angioplasty may prevent recurrent stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to revised American Heart Association/American Stroke ...