February is heart month. Almost all heart attacks are preventable, but in spite of that they remain the number one cause of ...

A new predictive model developed by Ochsner Health helps clinicians make real-time decisions for patients who had a stroke undergoing urgent carotid intervention, improving chances of regaining ...

Stroke remains a global health challenge, ranking second in worldwide mortality and fifth in U.S. deaths. In response, researchers at Ochsner Health, led by Hernan Bazan, MD, DFSVS, FACS, have ...

A team of doctors including neurologists, interventional radiologists, and neurosurgeons decided to use a minimally invasive approach called endovascular intervention. In this, a specialised device is ...

Endovascular thrombectomy and best medical treatment are both effective and safe options for treating acute extracranial internal carotid artery occlusions. Read more!

Many people have experienced the strange sensation of hearing their heartbeat while lying in bed. For some, this rhythmic sound is a source of curiosity, while for others, it raises concerns about ...

Carotid artery variants are extremely uncommon and are often incidental. We present a case where imaging revealed rare congenital absence of right internal carotid with distal segments arising from ...

Unilateral agenesis of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is linked to a higher occurrence of intracranial aneurysms, which in turn leads to an increased incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in ...

cPerron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Perth, WA 6009, Australia dCentre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA ...

India's internal security focus is shifting towards combating modern terrorism as traditional hotspots see a decline in violence. Challenges include the Manipur conflict, implementation of new ...

Objective To report a multi-institutional experience using this BGC for proximal flow control (PFC) in the setting of carotid artery angioplasty/stenting (CAS) in elective (eCAS) and tandem strokes ...