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Dental Disease Linked with Carotid Atheromas and Stroke

...rchers have explained that this link may be due to blockages containing calcium in the main blood vessels leading to the brain by carotid artery. These blockages, or atheromas, contain calcium and can be detected on dental panoramic radiographs. Given this provocative finding, a UCLA study was conducted to d...

Blood Flow to Kidneys Better Restored by Less Invasive Procedures

...prevent the plaque and other material that make up blockages from reaching the kidneys and causing damage. In p...ontrolled hypertension has led to heart failure or blockages in other vessels in the body, such as those leading to the heart. Without successful surgery to op...

AIIMS Acquires Four-Armed Robot to Assist in Surgeries

...rform with better accuracy cancer surgeries and of blockages in the kidney and other surgeries without much difficulty. So far, we have carried out six operations with 100 percent success," Hemal, a leading urologist in India and abroad, told IANS later. "We performed the sixth operation today. It was done i...

AIIMS Asked to Pay Compensation for Negligence

...an angiography test to determine the percentage of blockages in her arteries and veins. They said after the test results, Asha was advised to undergo angioplasty, a procedure used to dilate narrowed blood vessels by inserting a balloon-tipped catheter. Asha died soon after the operation began and her death...

Limb amputations among Diabetics on a high

...er and catheter procedure vaporizes total arterial blockages that cannot be crossed by standard guidewires (sma...hree-mile walks, Nelson's doctor detected arterial blockages in both legs. Fearing the worst, Nelson thought he would be bedridden or possibly facing amputation....

Bypass Surgery, a Better Option than Angioplasty for Severe Heart Patients

...nvolves opening the chest and surgically bypassing blockages in coronary arteries with healthy arteries taken from other parts of the body, most often the legs. Angioplasty involves snaking an expandable balloon through a tube inserted through a blocked coronary artery and then expanding the balloon to push th...

AMA Welcomes Government Plans to Reform PBS

...ls. “We want to see the abolition of hurdles and blockages that prevent quality prescribing,” Assoc Prof Gullotta said. “Australian doctors collectively waste thousands of hours on the phone each year seeking Government approval to prescribe certain medicines. “When you consider that 99.98 per cent of th...

Bottleneck for Neck Stents - May Enhance Risk of Stroke, Says a Study

...that stents were indeed a safe bet to do away with blockages in the carotid artery. To make a comparative st...ad proved that stents are safe for use in clearing blockages in the neck had actually used the umbrella like device. The French study also experimented with the ...

Role of hormones in cardiovascular diseases in obese people

... hormones produced from fat are playing in causing blockages in the main heart arteries."It's exciting because we can hopefully reduce the cardiovascular risks for overweight and obese people."The Pfizer Australia CVL Research Grants were established in 1999 to support clinical research into cardiovascular dis...

New Anti-Clotting Drug Less Risky For Heart Attack Patients

...chers were able find that the incidences of artery blockages or major bleeding were also reduced by the usage of bivalirudin by about 14 percent compared to a drug package including heparin. "The big difference was the reduction of major bleeding, almost 50 percent," Stone added. "Major bleeding has been ass...

New Research Project Underway To Study Causes Of Heart Attack

...s surgery is performed to enable blood flow around blockages in severe cases and angioplasty and stenting to clear blockages. Drugs like statins are also used to reduce cholesterol levels But all these have not been enough to prevent 200,000 to 500,000 American deaths annually resulting from coronary artery di...

Stroke Due to Inherited Reasons Strikes Women More

...equate supply of blood to the brain or due to tiny blockages in the artery were studied by researchers. Studies revealed that the women who suffered strokes had 40% more chance to have a family history of incidence of stroke, than men. There were 80% more chances in those women having mothers who also had a hi...

Cut the Trans-Fats

...ood is because like saturated fats, they too cause blockages of arteries leading to obesity and heart conditions. They increase the level of bad cholesterol and decrease the level of good cholesterol. The average American eats almost 2.2 kilos of trans-fats a year. Earlier this month, New York City became ...

AIIMS Creates Record by Completing 100 Four-arm Robotic Surgeries

...rform cancer surgeries with better accuracy and of blockages in the kidney and other surgeries without much difficulty. So far, we have carried out six operations with 100 percent success," said Hemal, a leading urologist in India and abroad. The machine was imported from the US for Rs.90 million. But AIIMS ...

Public Urged To Prevent Mosquito Breeding

...o eggs. They should also keep the drains free from blockages and fill in all depressions to prevent breeding of mosquito. The spokesman appealed to people to take heed of the following anti-mosquito measures: inspect their homes and surroundings weekly to remove potential breeding grounds; scrub vases and p...

MR Angiography Detects Blocked Arteries Accurately

... highly accurate (94 to 100 percent) for detecting blockages of over 50 percent, and image quality was rated sufficient to excellent for 97 percent of the arterial segments evaluated. "This procedure should be highly cost effective for clinical use, because of the speed and modest dose of contrast required,"...

Gene Therapy Shows Promise as Treatment for Diseased Limbs

...ng. The compromised blood flow is caused by severe blockages of peripheral arteries, or peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which occurs when cholesterol or plaque builds up in the arteries outside the heart – typically in the legs or pelvis. The one-year mortality rate in patients with critical limb ischemia i...

Multi-Year Data Shows PAD Treatment Prevents Amputation

...ively enrolled over a six-year period of time. The blockages were caused by peripheral arterial disease (PAD), “hardening of the arteries,” the same disease which can lead to heart attack and stroke. The smaller blood vessels below the knee are more difficult to treat due to their size (3mm) and are more prone...

Calcium in Arterial Plaque is a Good Indicator for Risk of Stroke

... effective way to screen patients with significant blockages to determine who requires preventive surgery and w...chers assessed MDCT images of patients with artery blockages of 50 percent or more. The study group included 35 patients who had suffered a stroke or had other n...

Combined Imaging Approach may Provide Better Identification of Difficult-to-diagnose Brain Clots

...taneously, open partially or remain blocked. These blockages can stop blood flow to the brain and increase the patient’s risk for stroke and other neurological episodes such as chronic headache. "In cases where the patient has an ongoing partial or full blockage," Leach explains, "the blood clot ‘organizes’ ...

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