Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear ...

Rush Oak Park Hospital is the first hospital in the surrounding area to acquire and use a newly approved technology that allows vascular surgeons to see in real-time the plaque they are removing ...

For decades, many of us have been told that arterial plaque buildup, that is, the sticky fatty deposits that line our arteries, is a permanent condition. The common belief is that once these plaques ...

Dr. John Guerierro shakes the hand of patient Albert Ferkel at the Mercy Special Care facility in Nanticoke after a recent office visit. Aimee Dilger/the times leader As a production supervisor in a ...

Dear Doctor: My cardiovascular surgeon tells me medicine has mostly abandoned shunt and stent placements as a solution to carotid artery plaques. Instead, doctors are returning to the older ...

Carotid stent surgery is one of two procedures that can be used to treat carotid artery stenosis. This procedure is considered a less invasive option with a faster recovery time. However, it does have ...

A preventive cardiology case demonstrates how advanced imaging, aggressive lipid optimization, and integrative therapies can reduce coronary plaque burden i ...

Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear ...

Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients' cognitive skills, according to ...