Category: Neurointerventions

The application of minimally invasive therapies to diseases of the nervous system. Some examples are embolization of intracranial aneurysms; dissolution of acute intracranial blood clots that cause stroke; injection of cementing agent into fractured vertebrae to relieve pain (vertebroplasty).

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Carotid Artery Stenting

What is Carotid artery stenting? The carotid artery is the artery that carries fresh blood from the heart to the neck, the face, and the head including the anterior brain. Two carotid arteries arise from the aorta, the large artery in the chest that comes directly from the left heart; one runs through the right […]