Current solutions for clearing the clogged blood vessels include surgically opening the arteries and cleaning out the plaque, or the insertion of a stent that widens the blood vessel. These methods ...

Vascular surgeons at Doylestown Hospital have pioneered a dissolvable stent that holds clogged arteries open long enough to heal, according to a staff report from TAPinto Doylestown. The Esprit ...

Doctors previously referred to this as an angioplasty with a stent. This procedure involves the following steps: A doctor inserts a catheter into the artery in the groin or wrist. The doctor ...

the renal arteries (which supply the kidneys), the celiac artery (supplying the stomach and liver), and the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries (which supply the intestines). Problems with the ...

During PCI, a catheter with a balloon tip is inserted into the affected artery, and the balloon is inflated to compress the plaque against the arterial wall. In most cases, a stent, a small, mesh-like ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition in which one or more of the arteries supplying blood to the body, flowing away from the heart, become blocked or partially blocked. This often reduces ...

Conclusions Stent placement in the setting of ischemic stroke caused by intracranial artery stenosis within 14 days may confer a higher risk of long-time cerebral vascular events and lead to a higher ...

Introduction Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is a safe and effective treatment for extracranial carotid artery atherosclerotic disease. While dual antiplatelet therapy (dAPT) is the standard of care ...

This is where a tiny balloon is inserted and blown up to widen the blocked artery. In many cases, a tiny metal mesh tube called a stent is put in place to hold the artery open after the balloon is ...

The authors report that chemogenetic methods targeting the ventral cervical spinal cord can be used to increase phrenic inspiratory motor output and subsequent diaphragm EMG activity and ventilation ...

Nitinol is a nearly equiatomic metal alloy of nickel and titanium with unique properties, including superelasticity (also called pseudoelasticity) and shape memory ...

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