Medtronic may not have product that is indicated for all of the treatments discussed broadly across atherectomy in this piece ...

Death usually occurs before that the patient reaches the neurosurgical emergency because of direct severe damage of the lower brain stem and/or disruption of the vertebral artery, producing ...

Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD ... in the diagnostic assessment of patients presenting with dizziness or craniocervical pain, even in the absence of other risk factors.

The skirt anastomosis can be placed fairly anteriorly on the aortic arch near the level of the innominate artery to facilitate hemostasis; this anastomosis later becomes unimportant when the ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg. It is a branch of the ...

Additionally, the low median SYNTAX scores (12·0 in the overall population) and the fact that 22% of patients in the SAVR plus CABG group lacked left anterior descending artery involvement raise ...

Researchers have conducted the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale — one of the most elusive creatures of the deep. In July, a 16-foot (5-meter) male spade-toothed whale was ...

The neuraxis is the axis of the central nervous system (CNS), comprising the brain and spinal cord, and continuous mechanical tract of supporting tissue structures anchored at many points including ...

Prof Mirela Delibegovic said research is in the early stages. A drug previously found to block artery fat in mice is also feasible in humans, according to University of Aberdeen scientists.

Instead, the doctor makes a small incision in the groin. They will insert small tools through a flexible tube (catheter) in an artery in the groin. The tools are gently pushed up to the aneurysm. Your ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is one form of a broader condition known as pulmonary hypertension, which is high blood pressure in the lungs. In PAH, this increased pressure in the vessels is ...