In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson designated February to be National Heart Month.  At the time, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death in the United States so he wanted people to focus ...

A series of recent studies emphasize the importance of viewing cardiovascular risk as a continuum and utilizing affordable and easily available tools like carotid ultrasound to better assess ...

3, 4 Furthermore, concomitant severe carotid and vertebral atherosclerosis may increase the risk of periprocedural stroke in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous ...

"InspireMD and NAMSA to begin study of carotid stent system for TCAR procedures" was originally created and published by Medical Device Network, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this ...

Once the common carotid artery and lateral IJ vein have been identified ... The operator should advance or withdraw the needle slightly and repeat a gentle test push. Operator competency: as with all ...

Various conditions can lead to carotid artery neck pain. For instance, some people experience carotidynia, which is inflammation of the blood vessels. Carotid artery dissection can also cause pain ...

If ultrasound examination was not feasible at 24 hours ... with clopidogrel 300 mg via nasogastric tube and aspirin 250 mg IV during the thrombectomy procedure, before carotid stent placement.

Jude Medical, Abbott Vascular, United States). The DSA and OCT procedures were performed by interventional neurologists with extensive experience in carotid OCT. Both DSA and OCT images were analyzed ...

The procedure is done with local regional anesthesia. I often perform a supraclavicular brachial plexus block, but this is not required. The antecubital fossa is sterilely prepped and draped.