Pennsylvania heart specialists welcomed the results of a decade-long study reinforcing their belief in minimally invasive techniques to treat clogged neck arteries versus major surgery. Researchers ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have expanded approval of an artery-opening stent from Abbott Laboratories to a larger group of patients at risk for stroke caused by plaque in the neck ...
Recent research indicates that it is now possible to deal simultaneously with blockages in the major neck artery as well as in coronary arteries. Blockages in the carotid artery in the neck, which ...
CHICAGO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that U.S. regulators approved its second stent device to treat clogged neck arteries with technology that enables more efficient ...
CHICAGO — Patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease who underwent a less-invasive stent procedure fared just as well as those who underwent open-heart bypass surgery after 5 years, the FAME 3 ...