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Virtual catch-up: Vascular surgery and coming around to telemedicine
Remote treatment of patients, so-called telemedicine, has been around since the 1940s, when it was first used for transmission of radiology images. In later years, remote interaction between physician and patient was predominantly used by medical subspecialties such as behavioral…
Minority of patients in population of 4M demonstrate rapid progress of carotid stenosis, SAVS prize-winning paper finds
PALM BEACH, Fla.—While the overall incidence of rapid carotid stenosis progression is low, patients who show any degree of a worsening condition may warrant closer follow- up—especially if they bear associated risk factors for such rapid progress. That was a…