The overuse of health care services in the United States appears to be an understudied problem with research literature limited to a few services and rates of overuse varying widely, according to an article published in the ...
Jan 23, 2012
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (CAS) in the general population. These recommendations form the basis of a final recommendation ...
Feb 3, 2021
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Winner of the DePuy Synthes Cerebrovascular Section Resident/Fellow Award, Karam Moon, MD, will be presenting his research, The Myth of Restenosis after Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting.
May 11, 2015
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Tests to screen for "silent" neck artery narrowing in a bid to curb the risk of a stroke result in many unnecessary and costly surgical procedures, and ultimately save very few lives, concludes an editorial in the Journal ...
Sep 5, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- A new report issued today by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and developed in collaboration with 10 other leading professional societies provides detailed criteria to help clinicians maximize ...
Jun 12, 2012
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Most of the patients who had carotid revascularization for asymptomatic carotid disease were diagnosed on the basis of carotid imaging tests ordered for uncertain or inappropriate indications, according to a new study published ...
Apr 18, 2016
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(HealthDay)—For patients with high-grade carotid artery stenosis, carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) are equally effective for long-term prevention of ipsilateral ischemic stroke, according ...
Feb 19, 2014
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(HealthDay)—The American Academy of Neurology's (AAN's) Top Five Recommendations in the Choosing Wisely campaign, established to promote high-value neurologic medicine and to foster physician-patient communication, have ...
Feb 25, 2013
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The most modern clinical trial to compare the use of carotid-artery stenting with carotid endarterectomy for the prevention of strokes in asymptomatic patients with serious narrowing of the carotid artery finds no significant ...
Feb 17, 2016
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(HealthDay)—For patients being treated for a blockage in the artery that supplies blood to the head, inserting a stent may raise the risk of stroke more in elderly patients than in younger patients, a large new evidence ...
Oct 24, 2013
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