March 11, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a surgical kit that allows ...
Stroke
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for stroke. It includes both diagnosis and treatment of stroke, stroke imaging, pharmaceuticals and interventional stroke technologies. Stroke comes in two forms, which have different therapies.
1. Ischemic stoke is a blockage of an artery in the brain, preventing blood flow and is offen referred to as a "brain attack" because it is a similar casue as a heart attack. This type of stroke is often treated with anti-coagulants, including use of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). Interventional mechanical thrombectomy can also be used to remove the clot.
2. Hemorrhagic stroke is caused when there is bleeding due to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain caused by a brain aneurysm burst or a weakened blood vessels. These strokes are less common, but exact diagnosis is important, because use of tPA in these patients can have catastrophic consequences. Treatments include interventional embolization and surgical clipping of target vessels.
Boston Scientific has completed its acquisition of Atritech. The completion of the transaction follows the signing of a ...
February 14, 2011 – Acute ischemic stroke hospitalizations among middle-aged and older men and women fell between ...
February 7, 2011 – A rare and often underreported form of stroke involving veins instead of arteries is more ...
December 29, 2010 - Research on reducing risks, improving medical treatment and improving lifestyle behaviors to ...
December 29, 2010 – Patient enrollment has been completed for a Phase III trial of an oral Factor Xa inhibitor ...
November 16, 2010 – Results from the ROCKET AF trial showed that rivaroxaban given once daily is superior at ...
November 2, 2010 – Boston Scientific will sell its neurovascular business to Stryker for $1.5 billion in cash. Of ...
October 22, 2010 - Treating metabolic syndrome and undergoing carotid angioplasty may prevent recurrent stroke or ...
October 4, 2010 - Johnson and Johnson has completed the acquisition of Micrus Endovascular, a developer and ...
August 24, 2009 – Physicians at The Mount Sinai Medical Center were the first in the country to perform a ...
May 11, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. today announced the successful implant of its Cardioblate Closure Left Atrial ...
Congenital heart disease contributes to more than 30 percent of infant mortality in the U.S., so time is essential ...
February 9, 2009 – Some patients who suffer a stroke as a result of a blockage in an artery in the brain may ...
InTouch Technologies Inc. launched StrokeRESPOND, to extend the functionality of its Remote Presence robotic technology ...