News tagged with arterial blockages
New hope for hard-to-treat heart patients with balloon angioplasty
In some heart patients, coronary arteries become so clogged that they are difficult or impossible to reopen with conventional balloon angioplasties.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Carotid stents associated with greater risk of stroke or death than carotid endarterectomy surgery
For patients with blockages in the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain, carotid artery stenting (a non-surgical treatment) appears to be associated with an increased risk of both short- and long-term adverse outcomes ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Study explains how exercise helps patients with peripheral artery disease
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 5 million individuals in the U.S. and is the leading cause of limb amputations. Doctors have long considered exercise to be the single best therapy for PAD, and now a new study helps ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 03, 2009 |
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New assessment quantifies risks and benefits of warfarin treatment for atrial fibrillation
Warfarin therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation - the most common type of significant heart rhythm disorder - appears to be most beneficial for the oldest patients, those who have had a prior stroke and for patients ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Chemists find secret to increasing luminescence efficiency of carbon nanotubes (Animation)
Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 06, 2009 |
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