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A research team led by Professors Joo-Yong Hahn, Young Bin Song, and Ki Hong Choi of the Division of Cardiology at Samsung ...

As part of a multinational clinical trial, researchers and clinicians at U of U Health brought gold-standard medical stroke prevention care to patients, while showing that adding another treatment ...

Carotid revascularization did not lead to better cognitive performance compared with intensive medical therapy alone, according ...

In the first large randomized trial to prospectively assess cognition, carotid revascularization shows no cognitive advantage over intensive medical therapy alone.

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Kurtis Cox, 55, calls his recent heart bypass surgery with a new hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) procedure at Mercy ...

A pregnant wife, a collapsed husband, and the advanced cardiac care that saved him. Read Ernest's incredible survival story now.

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