News tagged with tissue death

Promising 3-year data: Saving limbs with drug-eluting stents

Attempts to treat critical limb ischemia in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients with below-the-knee angioplasty are still thwarted by restenosis (the re-narrowing of the artery at the site of angioplasty or stenting), ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgeons Use Microwaves to Destroy Tumors

A new minimally-invasive option for treating liver tumors, called microwave ablation, is now available at UC San Diego Medical Center and Moores UCSD Cancer Center, the only hospitals in the region to offer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1