Clearing Blocked Artery Can Prevent Bigger Stroke
After the stroke, physicians scan the carotid arteries, the two largeblood vesselsin the neck that provide much of the brain's blood supply. If one of these arteries is more than 50 percent blocked withfatty depositscalled plaque, doctors commonly recommend surgical removal of the plaque a few...
Clogged arteries are a common problem that can lead to serious health complications. The arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to the body’s tissues. When these vessels become blocked, it can cause a decrease in blood flow, which can then lead to a heart attack or s...
Immunofluorescence Frozen 20-µm-thick brain sections and cultured neurons were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde, blocked by 8% normal goat serum, Jin-Min Guo et al. npg 927 and incubated in specific primary antibodies as follows: anti-NeuN (1:200, Millpore) and anti-4-HNE (1:100, Abcom...
The Venous Wallstent self-expanding stent is a small, flexible tube specifically designed to hold open the narrowed vein that is partially or completely blocked. The device is collapsed or secured to a long tube called a catheter under a protective sheath or tube. The catheter is then used to...
Clearing Blocked Carotid Artery Can Prevent Bigger StrokeDEAR DOCTOR K: I had a mild ischemic stroke. Now my doctor wants to do a carotidendarterectomy...Komaroff, Anthony