(UPDATED) Compressing the ulnar artery in addition to standard patent hemostasis significantly lowers the risk of radial artery occlusion after a transradial-access coronary intervention, a new study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with acute retinal arterial ischemia were at risk for ischemic stroke. Ipsilateral carotid artery ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with cryptogenic stroke, ipsilateral complicated carotid artery plaque detected by MRI was ...

Nottingham, UK - Two new studies using MRI to assess plaque morphology suggest that the modality may prove useful in identifying complicated carotid plaques in patients with symptomatic cerebral ...

Ipsilateral stroke is a stroke that occurs on the same side as the carotid artery that has the blockage. The carotid arteries carry blood to the brain. Currently, endarterectomy is the standard ...

In patients who previously underwent transradial coronary angiography or PCI, operators can safely return to the same radial artery for repeat procedures done within 30 days of the first, a new study ...

From April 1994 to September 2003, 62 patients with symptomatic iliac artery occlusive disease were scheduled for a total of 63 RIAEs at a single vascular center in a teaching hospital. Baseline ...

FOR THE FIRST 30 YEARS AFTER CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY WAS FIRST DEVELOPED, anecdotal evidence was used to identify patients with internal carotid artery disease for whom this procedure would be ...

Background: Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) often herald a stroke, but little is known about the acute natural history of TIAs. Our objective was to quantify the early risk of stroke after a TIA in ...

Stenting may be an alternative to open endarterectomy for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis. The Endarterectomy versus Angioplasty in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis (EVA-3S) ...