Currently, there is no consensus on the most effective medical therapy for posterior circulation ischemia. To date, there have been no randomized trials studying the use of different antiplatelet ...

Complete 10 year follow-up data were available only for 65% of the 300 adults randomised either to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for the treatment of obesity. Even so, it ...

DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. , a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel treatments for acute ischemic stroke and preeclampsia, today provided a business update and ...

For patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, sonolysis is safe and results in a significant reduction in the composite ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and females.

The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

A hospital worker's blunder saw a piece of medical equipment mistakenly connected to a dying man's artery instead of his vein. Dean Powell died at the James Paget University Hospital last year ...

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2 Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA 3 Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA Introduction Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is ...

Front Line Medical Technologies Inc. COBRA-OS REBOA (large vessel balloon occlusion device; 4-F; 25-mm diameter-balloon; guidewire-free) Distal Intended for temporary occlusion of large vessels ...

A vertebral spine fracture occurs when one or more vertebrae (bones of the spine) are compressed or cracked. Vertebral fractures are common in older adults, people with osteoporosis (a bone-thinning ...