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New medical device reduces risk of recurrent strokes
In May of 2006, Northwestern Memorial became one of the first hospitals in Chicago to perform a stent procedure using the Wingspan stent, a new device designed to prevent recurring strokes caused by intracranial atherosclerotic disease or the narrowing of blood vessels in and around the brain. A recent Lifetime of Health article focused on one of the patients Dr. Bernard Bendok treated with this stent and his dramatic recovery from intracranial artery blockage.
For further reading, see the press release