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Stroke Stopper
A new "wingspan" stent helps
restore blood flow for
patients with intracranial
atherosclerotic disease, or
ICAD. Surgeons insert the
stent up the leg arteries,
guide it to the brain, then
let its wire mesh expand,
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Saving Legs - Saving Lives
Vascular surgeons can
address peripheral artery
disease by dissolving
blood-blocking plaque
concentrations with a
vibrating catheter.
Inserting the catheter into
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Stopping Strokes
To prevent strokes in
at-risk patients who suffer
from atrial fibrillation, an
abnormal heart rhythm,
researchers have devised a
mechanical alternative to
common drug treatments. In
the procedure, surgeons
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Inside the Brain
Children who have
speech-impairing strokes
often learn to talk again,
while adult stroke victims
can lose their verbal
abilities for good. By
giving reading and verbal
tests inside the MRI,
... > full story
- Interventional Neuroradiologists Treat Brain Strokes with New Kind of Stent
- Vascular Surgeons Use Vibrating Catheter To Rid Arteries Of Pad-causing Plaque
- Cardiologists Employ Biomedical Engineering to Safeguard Heart Patients
- Pediatric Neurologists Use MRI to Understand How Strokes Impair Verbal Abilities
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Cardiologists Treat Leg Pain with Balloon Angioplasty
Doctors now use cold angioplasty to restore blood flow to the legs and relieve chronic leg pain. The procedure, where cold nitrous oxide inflates a balloon inside arteries to unclog them, is similar ... > more -
Mechanical Engineers Design System To Retrain Motor Pathways After Strokes
Using a technology called haptics, mechanical engineers can design physical therapies that reestablish motor pathways broken down by strokes. A motorized joystick guides patients to move their hands ... > more -
Immune Modulation Therapy Attacks Link Between Inflammation and Congestive Heart Failure
Inflammations that occur after a heart attack can be a severe complication that further damages the heart. Cardiologists are now trying a new approach called immune modulation therapy, which exposes ... > more -
Neurologists Use GPS For The Brain As Guide In Surgery
Neurosurgeons' jobs are made easier by a 3-D CT scan produced by an advanced imaging system. It produces a computerized image of blood vessels and surrounding soft tissue, which can be rotated for ... > more -
Cardiothoracic Surgeons Develop New Treatment for Fibrillation
Researchers have developed a method to quiet atrial fibrillations without having to perform open-heart surgery. In a technique called Mini-Maze, doctors insert a bi-polar-radio-frequency clamp on the ... > more -
Physical Therapists Use A Split-belt Treadmill To Help Stroke Patients Walk More Easily
Physical therapists used motion detector cameras to analyze how patients move on a specially designed split-belt treadmill--the belt is divided to move together or at independent speeds. When the ... > more -
Doctors and Engineers Develop Virtual-Reality Recovery for Stroke Victims
Stroke survivors can often recover the use of a paralyzed arm, but it's a slow process. This could become easier with a new system made of a robotic arm and virtual reality software. The robot ... > more -
Cardiologists Discover New Enzime that Predicts Risk of Heart Attack
MPO, or myeloperoxidase,is an enzyme produced by white blood cells. High levels of MPO predict a heart attack, the need for invasive intervention, or cardiac death within the next six months with ... > more -
Neurologists, Imaging Scientists Use Medical Physics to Spot Disease in Blood Vessels
A new brain-imaging method allows physicians to diagnose Alzheimer's before its onset. A radioactive dye is injected in the blood and travels to the brain, where it attaches to plaque deposits of ... > more -
Sociologists Weigh In On Obesity Increasing The Length Of Hospital Stays
Sociologists found a direct relationship between obesity and duration and frequency of hospital stays. Researchers found that, on average, obese persons stayed one and a half days longer than those ... > more
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