LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's common for heart attack patients to get stents in their arteries, but can you do the same for brain stroke patients? Well, one procedure is gaining more and more acceptance, ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Stroke patients who receive a stent to open an artery to the brain are at greater risk of another stroke or death, a new study ...
The problem with previous stents: Up to 1½% of patients have a stroke within 30 days of the procedure. "If the plaque material is soft enough or unstable enough, it can still go up to the brain and ...
When it comes to treating a stroke or brain aneurysm, every second counts. That’s why the Division of Interventional Neuroradiology (DINR) at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center operates with a ...
Acute cervical internal carotid artery stenting is associated with benefit in patients with tandem occlusion stroke compared with thrombectomy alone, a new observational study suggests. In a pooled ...