2012年2月1日星期三

Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura

"Unlike bare metal stents placed in coronary gucci outlet [heart] arteries, where re-blockage occurs about 20 percent of the time, we found the re-blockage rates in the carotid artery were quite small," said study lead author Dr. Brajesh K. Lal, associate professor of vascular surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, in a statement provided by the American Stroke Association.
"Patients and physicians can be reassured that both procedures are durable and that re-blockage rates are equivalent, so they can use different criteria to determine which procedure is right for a patient," he added.
The study was funded by the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and by stent maker Abbott Vascular Solutions.
Clogs in the carotid arteries -- the two large blood vessels in the neck -- cause about 10 percent of strokes. The study looked at about 2,200 patients with a partially blocked neck artery. About half the patients received a stents in the artery, which is a minimally invasive procedure, and about half underwent an artery-opening surgery.
Over two years, the researchers found that the arteries narrowed again in close to 6 percent of both groups of patients. The arteries became entirely blocked less than 1 percent of the time in both groups.
Patients whose arteries narrowed again faced a four-fold increase in their risk of stroke.
The research into these patients will continue so physicians can see what happens over a 10-year period.
Dr. Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, an associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Health System, who's familiar with the findings, said the research is valuable.
"First, it supports the durability of carotid stenting over time, and provides additional evidence for this minimally invasive treatment option," he said. Gucci outlet, gucci bags, cheap gucci shoes 2012 sale. "Second, it suggests a link between the recurrence of blockages and future strokes. This is an interesting observation, which has potential implications for how we manage patients who develop recurrent narrowing in their carotid artery."
Nallamothu said patients should almost always get to decide which strategy they prefer. Carotid stenting is a bit more expensive than surgery, he noted, and "side effects are the big issue. Carotid stenting appears to lower the risks of heart attacks relative to (surgery) around the time of the procedure, while the reverse is true in regards to the risk of stroke," he added.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told reporters Wednesday that Japan protested to China after a flare was seen Tuesday at a Chinese structure at an undersea gas deposit. Japan has made similar complaints several times in the past.
"We have detected a flare, a sign that it is highly likely that there is a gas development going on," Fujimura said. "Any unilateral exploration is unacceptable."
The deposit, known as Kashi in Japan and Tianwaitian in China, sits near a median line of the two countries' overlapping exclusive economic zones.
Japan and China agreed in 2008 to suspend unilateral digging in that field while continuing talks, but talks have stalled since 2010, following a diplomatic spat stemming from a maritime collision near disputed southern islands claimed by both countries, as well as Taiwan.
Fujimura said China's activity around the disputed www.discount-sell.com field violates the agreement.

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