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What is Peripheral Arterial Disease?
Dr. Sattesh Babu of Vascular Associates of Westchester discusses Peripheral Arterial Disease, who is at risk, why it is important to be screened and current treatments.
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What is an Aneurysm?
What is Carotid Stenosis?
VARICOSE VEIN UPDATE
What is Carotid Stenosis?
Dr. Sateesh Babu of Vascular Associates of Westchester discusses "What is Carotid Stenosis?", the treatments, who should be screened and future developments, such as new stenting techniques.
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What is Carotid Stenosis? video
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What is Peripheral Arterial Disease?
What is an Aneurysm?
VARICOSE VEIN UPDATE
HEART CAT SCANS
Fast heart CAT scans have been a screening test in limbo. The exact role and place for this exam, which is becoming more widely available, hasn’t been well defined, until now.
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BYPASS VS. STENT STUDY
STATIN STUDY
64 SLICE CT SCANNER
BYPASS VS. STENT STUDY
Tonight we have some important health news that will touch many of us. Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of death in America. Doctors use two main methods of treating the condition: heart bypass surgery and coronary stents.
This study is important because it looks at the treatment of people with so called multi-vessel disease--where more than one heart artery is blocked. And the study shows, in most, if there’s more than one artery blocked, the way to go is with surgery.
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STATIN STUDY
Balloon Angioplasty
Balloon Angioplasty
Balloon Angioplasty is an interventional cardiology procedure that is used to open a partially blocked coronary artery. The procedure is done on the local anesthetic.
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Artificial Blood
Artherectomy
Artherolsclerosis
Artificial Blood
The first modern based blood-transfusion was attempted in 18h century France when an anemic boy received blood from a lamb. The boy died because then nothing was known of blood groups or blood compatibility. However, blood grouping and typing did not help in preventing the transmitting of diseases such as AIDS or hepatitis A. This became a great concern in the past decade.
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Artherectomy
Artherolsclerosis
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Artherectomy
Artherectomy is a procedure for opening a coronary artery blocked by plaque, the buildup of cholesterol and other fatty substances in the inner lining of the artery.
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Artherolsclerosis
