Today we are seeing the integration of medicine and technology like never before and no where is this more true than in a subspecialty of medicine you may never have even heard of called Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology (ESNR). ESNR is formally defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education as “a clinical subspecialty for the diagnosis and treatment of neurovascular diseases using x-ray fluoroscopy and angiography.”

Bill Clinton is reportedly recovering well after an angioplasty and stent placement yesterday for a clogged artery to his heart.  Dr. Sean D. Lavine from the Endovascular Center says, this same kind of procedure is done when people get narrowing in arteries in the blood vessels that supply the...

What is carotid artery disease? Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, which are the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the carotid arteries is most commonly related to...