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...