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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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VARICOSE VEIN UPDATE
CAROTID STENT AND THINKING
A procedure designed to protect the brain from strokes and mini-strokes has been shown to have an added benefit: it helps people think and remember better!
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HEART CAT SCANS
BYPASS VS. STENT STUDY
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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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STATIN STUDY
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NEW STROKE DRUG
New drug Cerovive could help lessen the damage once a stroke has occurred. It appears to do damage control, and limit the amount of brain affected by stroke after it’s happened. Learn more about it in this two-minute video clip. Cerovive significantly reduced disability from stroke compared to placebo in a study that involved 1700 people. It works to insulate the brain tissue that surrounds the initial area suffering a stroke, so that the damage is limited. It might be used along with other medications that reopen blood flow.
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BETA BLOCKER STUDY
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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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CAROTID STENT PROCEDURE
“The episode was a sense of numbness on the left hand side of my body,” recalls Donald Taylor.
As a physician, Donald Taylor knew that the numbness was an alarm sounding. He immediately went to the hospital.
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