Florey researchers, in collaboration with practicing clinicians who routinely care for heart surgery patients, have developed ...

European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel, shows that ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an umbrella term used to describe a longstanding disease or condition that causes the progressive loss of kidney (renal) function. Symptoms vary, depending on the stage ...

University of Rochester Medical Center. Health Encyclopedia. Blood urea nitrogen. Pottel H, Delanaye P, Cavalier E. Exploring Renal Function Assessment: Creatinine, Cystatin C, and Estimated ...

Researchers have found in a new trial that Sonolysis Reduces CV Events During Carotid Endarterectomy. The SONOBIRDIE trial, a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study, evaluated ...

Applying ultrasound to help break up thrombus during carotid endarterectomy reduces adverse neurological ... with symptomatic or asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis ≥ 70% to either sonolysis ...

"It has the potential to make carotid endarterectomy safer with a higher benefit for patients with carotid stenosis compared with the best medical treatment, especially in patients with ...

"It has the potential to make carotid endarterectomy safer with a higher benefit for patients with carotid stenosis compared with the best medical treatment, especially in patients with asymptomatic ...

Opens in a new tab or window Sonolysis, an application of therapeutic ultrasound, reduced periprocedural cerebrovascular events during carotid endarterectomy. The safety profile of sonolysis was ...

Ultrasonography as a diagnostic modality for the diagnosis and surveillance of carotid stenosis has been a mainstay of clinical practice for decades.1 2 Ultrasound is non-invasive, does not use ...