depending on whether the right or the left eye was undergoing surgery to allow as much access as possible to the surgical field. Calcific plaques were outlined and separated from the scleral side ...

Calcium coverage scoring takes into account not only the amount of calcified plaque build-up in the coronary arteries, but also its distribution. A new calcium scoring method may better predict a ...

Classically, retinal artery occlusions are usually ... The embolus may be a cholesterol embolus from a carotid artery plaque, a calcific embolus from a calcified heart valve or a fibrin platelet ...

The researchers compared CT image data for 3,252 participants with calcific plaque to data collected from 3,416 patients without calcific plaque. A calcium coverage score was developed to estimate ...

SEATTLE, May 29 (UPI) -- A new calcium scoring method may better predict a person's risk of heart attack, U.S. researchers said. Lead author Elizabeth Brown of the University of Washington in ...

Utilizing a unique mechanism of action incorporating centrifugal forces, a standard 1.25 mm eccentrically mounted and diamond-coated burr orbits bi-directionally to ablate calcified plaque ...

The patent protects novel Soundbite Active Balloon devices, intended for plaque modification of calcified arteries. This is the fifth US patent to be issued around the Soundbite technology ...