Local Surgeons Adopt Technique To Prevent Strokes By Reversing Blood Flow
The process keeps plaque from getting knocked loose and traveling to the brain.
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
New Technique Prevents Strokes By Reversing Blood Flow Through Brain
Oxygen-rich blood generally flows from the heart to the brain, but a new technology aimed at preventing strokes temporarily reverses that path. Surgeons at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa are the first in this region, and among a growing number nationwide, to use the system to channel blood from the brain through a special external filter and then injecting it back into the body via a vein in the leg. The point of this unusual rerouting is to keep bits of plaque in a clogged carotid artery — plaque can be knocked loose during insertion of a stent — from traveling to the brain, where they can cause strokes. (Sisson, 6/2)
In other public health news —
Capital Public Radio/KXJZ:
Yolo County Officials Fight To Slow Down Norovirus Outbreak
An outbreak of norovirus in Yolo County and school closures from its contagious nature has prompted health officials to slow its spreading.Kristin Weivoda, EMS administrator for Yolo County Health and Human Services, joins us talk about what she's doing to educate the public on preventative methods. (Ruyak, 6/1)