Carotid in Medical News

June 2009 Mayo Clinic Health Letter Highlights Probiotics, Carotid Artery and Breast Cancer Treatments

ROCHESTER, Minn., July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Here are highlights from the June issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter. You may cite this publication as often as you wish. Reprinting is allowed for a fee. Mayo Clinic Health Letter attribution is required. Include the following subscripti...

Hypertension, diabetes and increased carotid artery wall thickness means increased risk of stroke

Increased carotid artery wall thickness (CAWT), which can cause heart attack and stroke in many patients, is significantly related to diabetes and hypertension, according to a study performed at A.O.U. in Cagliari Sardegna, Italy (Chairman, Professor Giorgio Mallarini). During the study, 186 p...

Mentice VIST(TM) New and Enhanced Carotid and Coronary Training Modules Take Medical Simulation Training to the Next Level

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentice proudly announces the launch of two new products for endovascular simulation training - the Mentice VIST 7.7 enhanced training modules for Carotid and Coronary interventions. New features such as vital signs, complications, medication manageme...

3-D MRI technique helps radiologists detect high-risk carotid disease

OAK BROOK, Ill. Canadian researchers have used three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (3-D MRI) to accurately detect bleeding within the walls of diseased carotid arteries, a condition that may lead to a stroke. The results of the study published in the October issue of Radiology suggest ...

High Growth Potential for Carotid Stent and Thoracic Aortic Stent Graft Markets

Procedural growth could increase by more than 20% over the next five years, according to Millennium Research Group WALTHAM, Mass., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group's US Markets for Peripheral Vascular (PV) Devices 2008 report, the thoracic aortic sten...

SAPPHIRE trial shows long-term benefit of carotid stenting as alternative to surgery

Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2008) Carotid artery stenting is an effective option for high risk patients who are not eligible for surgery, according to a long-term study published in this weeks New England Journal of Medicine. Carotid artery disease, which involves clogging of the arteries in the...

NEJM study demonstrates carotid stenting with embolic protection is comparable to surgery

WARREN, N.J., April 9, 2008 According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine this week, three-year data from the Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High Risk for Endarterectomy (SAPPHIRE) study in patients with severe blocked carotid arteries, the main bl...

Vascular surgeons ask, what's next for carotid artery stenting?

Philadelphia, PA, January 16, 2008 A procedure called carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as a minimally invasive alternative to surgery, called carotid endarterectomy (CEA), for patients with dangerous narrowing of the arteries supplying blood to the brain. However, questions remain about...

Research sheds light on carotid artery stenting risk in elderly

New Orleans, LA Dr. Hernan Bazan, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, is the lead author of a research paper which may help physicians decide which patients with carotid artery occlusive...

Real-World Studies of Carotid Artery Stenting Demonstrate Results Comparable to Guidelines for Patients Treated With Surgery

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Two carotid stenting trials examining outcomes in real-world patients demonstrated for the first time results that are comparable to guidelines established by the American Heart Association (AHA)(1) for patients treated with carotid artery surgery....

Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Blockage a Significant Stroke Risk

Doppler Ultrasound Screening Can Reveal Blockages Prior to Stroke CLEVELAND, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Carotid artery blockages, such as the one Senator Kennedy had removed today, are a significant risk factor for stroke but many do not know that they have the life-threatening condition. Dopp...

New Balloon Catheter Available Worldwide for Carotid and Renal Angioplasty

Today at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Cordis Endovascular, division of Cordis Corporation, announced the worldwide launch of the Cordis AVIATOR (TM) Plus Balloon Dilatation Catheter for use in angioplasty procedures for patients with carotid and or renal artery block...

Standards for Measuring Narrowing of Carotid Arteries too Aggressive

Standards for the use of ultrasound as a screening tool to measure narrowing of the carotid artery may be too aggressive, resulting in some needless follow-up tests and procedures according to researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Narrowing of the carotid can be a precursor to a...

Dental X-rays of Carotid Artery Cannot Estimate Stroke Risk

Detection of calcified tissue in the carotid artery by dental x-rays is not enough evidence to estimate a patient's stroke risk was the conclusion// of a review published in the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability amo...

Dental Disease Linked with Carotid Atheromas and Stroke

Recently an UCLA study by a team of researchers have revealed the connection between gum diseases and increased carotid atheromas formation in patients //at a higher risk for stroke. Researchers have explained that this link may be due to blockages containing calcium in the main blood vessels l...

Statins Reduce Deaths And Strokes After Carotid Surgery

Statins taken for a week before carotid endarterectomy surgery can reduce the risk of near-term death by 80%, and the risk of early stroke by 65%, say Johns Hopkins researchers//. Bruce A. Perler, M.D., chief of vascular surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, said, "We found that among patien...

Ongoing Study Shows That Endovascular Therapy is Associated With High Cure Rate for Childhood Eye Cancer

...discipline of neurointerventional surgery. Our practitioners specialize in minimally invasive and endovascular procedures to treat stroke, aneurysms, carotid stenosis and spine fractures. Over the past two decades, our physicians have made numerous contributions to the neurosciences including: advancing str...

Carotid Artery Sections React Differently to Plaque

...ESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- One part of the carotid artery that supplies the brain with blood actually...at the common segment shared by the right and left carotid arteries expands by 11 percent, on average, to kee...d fibrous tissue -- forms. Meanwhile, the internal carotid artery, which leads to the brain, decreases by as ...

Abbott Reports Strong Second Quarter Results; Confirms Double-Digit Earnings Growth Outlook for 2009

...nding peripheral stents, including the Absolute Pro and Omnilink Elite Peripheral Stent Systems, and the Emboshield Nav6 Embolic Protection Device for carotid stenting. ...

Resurrection Medical Center Among Top 5% of Hospitals Nationwide for Women's Health

...ocedures (coronary bypass surgery, peripheral vascular bypass, coronary interventional procedures, resection/replacement of abdominal aortic aneurysm, carotid surgery, and valve replacement); and Women's Bone & Joint Health (total knee and total hip replacement surgeries, spinal surgeries, and hip fractu...

Blood Rush to the Brain When Angry Is a Good Sign

...orms of mental stress cause dilation of the neck's carotid arteries and a rush of blood to the brain in healt...archers who used ultrasound imaging to monitor the carotid arteries and an artery in the brains of 58 volunte...y volunteers, mental stress caused dilation of the carotid arteries and increased blood flow to the brain. Th...

Local Heart Doctors First in Nation to Announce Active Investigation of Red Wine (Resveratrol) Pills, Issue Consumer Precautions

... "We will cautiously begin some studies, to measure markers, like inflammation, cholesterol, blood clotting, and maybe even imaging of coronary or carotid arteries, to see if these pills live up to their promise," says Dr. Lebowitz. Forward thinking doctors needed Howard Rothman M.D., a sen...

For Treatment of Dyslipidemia, Surveyed Physicians are Increasingly Switching Patients to a More Potent Statin Following the ENHANCE and SEAS Trials

...lt of the SEAS and ENHANCE trials. The ENHANCE trial showed that Vytorin was no more effective than the less expensive generic simvastatin in reducing carotid intima-media thickness. The report's survey results indicate that Vytorin was moved to a less favorable tier in 30 percent of both commercial plans an...

Police work undermines cardiovascular health, comparison to general population shows

... us." In the current study, the researchers used carotid artery thickness to assess heart disease risk. Pa...rning after a 12-hour fast. In addition to testing carotid thickness via ultrasound, investigators measured b...r disease -- there was more plaque build-up in the carotid artery -- compared to the general population that ...

BioGlue(R) Surgical Adhesive Hits 500,000 Procedure Milestone Worldwide, Company Data Indicates

...ex cardiovascular procedures involving aortic aneurysms, valve replacements and aortic dissections, as well as peripheral vascular procedures, such as carotid endarterectomy, and arteriovenous access. In the international market, BioGlue is indicated for use in cardiac and vascular procedures as well as...

Providence Tarzana Surgeon First in U.S. to Use New State-of-the-Art Imaging Tool

...he first. hospital in the nation to use the latest generation in imaging - the Ziehm Vision RFD - in this case to aid a surgeon in opening the clogged carotid artery of a patient who had suffered a small stroke. Zahi E. Nassoura, a board-certified vascular surgeon and chief of staff at Tarzana, liked wh...

Breakthrough Testing For Early Heart Disease - In the Doctor's Office

...Smart IMT Plus", the images obtained show three measures of risk which standard ultrasound does not fully assess. Measuring the thickness of the carotid artery in the neck as well as the degree of blockage are two of these markers. In addition, the technique shows what type of blockage may be present....

Abbott Announces Launch of Next-Generation Embolic Protection System

...(TM) Demonstrates Abbott's Continued Leadership in carotid Therapy ABBOTT PARK, Ill., June 12 /PRNewswir...ield NAV6(TM) Embolic Protection System for use in carotid artery stenting procedures. carotid artery stenting provides a minimally invasive trea...

Hardened Arteries Threaten Obese, Diabetic Youth

... health, researchers report. The walls of these carotid arteries, which carry blood to the brain, showed a... Urbina and her team used ultrasound to assess the carotid arteries of a few hundred young people (average ag...h percentile. "It was one of the larger studies of carotid thickness in adolescents," Urbina said. The res...

Abbott Announces EuroPCR 2009 Activities

...European Union. Emboshield Nav6 : Abbott will feature its sixth-generation Emboshield(R) NAV6 Embolic Protection System, which is used during carotid stenting procedures to prevent particles of dislodged plaque from flowing to the brain, potentially causing an ischemic stroke. The advanced design of...

15-Point Test Gauges Alzheimer's Risk

...er age; poor performance on cognitive tests; low body-mass index; having the predisposing apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene; abnormal MRI findings; thicker carotid artery measurements and other vascular indications; slowness buttoning a shirt or performing other physical tasks; and not drinking alcohol. Only ...

Chemical can reproduce complications for some patients

... animals were anesthetized and instrumented to measure blood pressure, both carotid arteries were occluded (obstructed), which stimulates a reflex called the b...nd CHX groups exhibited similar significant baroreflex pressor responses to carotid occlusion. After both 1st and 2nd saline infusions, the pressor response in...

Abbott Reports 16 Percent Earnings Growth in First Quarter; Confirms Double-Digit Earnings Growth Outlook for 2009

...nding peripheral stents, including the Absolute Pro and Omnilink Elite Peripheral Stent Systems, and the Emboshield Nav6 Embolic Protection Device for carotid stenting. ...

Acetaminophen, Cholesterol Drugs May Help Fight Stroke

... about 21 percent, compared to people who did not take these drugs. The data also suggests that statin use slows the formation of blockages in the carotid arteries, which lead from the heart to the brain. "It crystallizes the fact that there's a direct relationship between lowering LDL and lowering th...

Abbott Initiates U.S. Study of Absolute Pro(TM) Peripheral Stent System for Iliac Artery Disease

...lar research program includes clinical trials in peripheral artery disease, carotid artery disease, and coronary artery disease. Key products in the vascular p...ipheral Stent System; the EMBOSHIELD NAV6(TM) Embolic Protection System for carotid stenting; a fully bioabsorbable drug eluting coronary device; and the XIENC...

SHAPE Raises Heart Attack Awareness on CBS Channel 11

... for heart health awareness. A public risk assessment screening followed at which SHAPE also offered at-risk individuals complimentary heart scans and carotid IMT procedures. SHAPE would like to acknowledge Amerejuve, Diagnostic Cardiology of Houston, and Memorial Hermann Wellness Institute for donating...

Siemens Demonstrates Workflow Efficiency in Echocardiography at ACC 2009

...ll also highlight its recently FDA-cleared syngo Arterial Health Package (AHP) application. syngo AHP offers a new tool to help physicians measure carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and to communicate results regarding subclinical vascular disease and cardiovascular disease risk to their patients. sy...

MSU researcher links cholesterol crystals to cardiovascular attacks

...al defense mechanism -- clotting -- into action, which can lead to dangerous, if not fatal, clots. Abela and his team studied coronary arteries and carotid plaques from patients who died of cardiovascular attacks. When comparing their findings against a control group, they found evidence of cholesterol cr...

Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis

...py. The researchers assessed the participants' atherosclerosis at the start of the study and 12, 18 and 24 months later using ultrasound to measure carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), a measurement of the thickness of the inner wall of a major artery. Increasing thickness indicates increasing plaque in...

Firefighters Have Narrower-Than-Normal Arteries, Study Finds

...lds because of significant plaque buildup in their carotid arteries. "These men, as young as they are, fo...raphy to measure lipid levels in the firefighters' carotid arteries. The study described the 77 firefighters ...ogical age of the group and the average age of the carotid arteries is large, he said, and could have importa...