The cohort averaged age 69.6 and 65.9% were men. About 20% were symptomatic, 43% had diabetes, 10.5% had had a previous carotid endarterectomy, and 35.9% a prior coronary stenting or angioplasty.

Pope Francis being treated for bilateral pneumonia, Vatican says 00:30. Pope Francis has developed bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican announced Tuesday, marking the latest health setback for the 88 ...

Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is leading a team of researchers that has developed a system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions in human ...

It holds open the airways of patients who may have trouble breathing due to growing tumors. The FDA has granted a de novo clearance to a new type of stent designed to hold open the passages down ...

Possible risks after having an airway stent. Having an airway stent is a very safe procedure but your nurse will tell you who to contact if you have any problems afterwards. The possible risks include ...

The stenting procedure is typically performed under general anesthesia to ensure patient immobilization, pain management, and airway protection, but venous manometry should be performed while patients ...

Because of neonates are obligate nasal breathers, complete bilateral CA is a medical urgency which demands urgent temporary oral airway maintenance until adequate or clinically patent posterior nasal ...

Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome often starts in or is more strongly expressed in the dominant hand. In most cases, it begins gradually. At first, many people experience symptoms that come and go.

Introduction. The tracheal Y-shaped stent is mainly used for the treatment of critical patients with airway stenosis or esophagotracheal fistula near carina (1, 2).Currently, the implantation of ...

Morgan's 3D printed lung airway stent. "The first time that such a stent has been placed here," said Dr. Reda Girgis, medical director of the lung transplant program at Corewell Health.

How many heart stents someone can have depends on the nature of their heart disease, the location and extent of the blockages within the arteries, and other factors, including that person's ...

Stents are like scaffolding that keep narrowed arteries open. These devices have been revolutionary in treating heart attacks where their use has increased year on year and countless lives have ...