Items Tagged ‘PCI’
November 15, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
November 15, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
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November 20, 2009
Stroke incidence related to PCI steady over 15 years
Mayo Clinic researchers are reporting that rates of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) related to PCI at their institution have remained steady over the past 15 years, at around 0.39%. They interpret the results as good news. “Despite the fact that we’re dealing with an older, sicker population, with more complex disease, the […]
Tags: PCI, stroke, transient ischemic attack