STUDY SHOWS CAROTID STENTING IMPROVES MEMORY AND THINKING ABILITY IN PATIENTS CLASSIFIED AS 'ASYMPTOMATIC'

Patients classified as "asymptomatic" and "symptomatic" both had statistically significant improvement in brain function after being treated with carotid artery stenting, a non-surgical procedure used to prevent stroke by opening the narrowed artery that supplies blood to the brain.

CNW Group (http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2006/31/c1017.html)