Stroke study puts 2 procedures on equal footing

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 09:42 in Health & Medicine

Stenting and surgery are both effective ways to limit stroke risks, research suggests. Which to choose may be a matter of patient preference. For patients with a hardening of the neck arteries that can lead to a stroke, balloon angioplasty and stenting are virtually as effective and safe as the long-used gold standard of surgical removal of the plaque, according to the largest...

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