Dear Dr. Donohue: My wife has a 70 percent blockage of her left carotid artery. Concerning surgery, how is a roto-rooter done? Is it a simple procedure? Risks? Time of recovery? — H.S. Dear H.S: There ...

Today, James Nichols stands head and shoulders above what he described as the "most unbelievable pain" he ever experienced. Nichols, 71, had a blockage affecting the blood flow in his leg. For five ...

Q: My cardiovascular surgeon tells me medicine has mostly abandoned shunt and stent placements as a solution to carotid artery plaques. Instead, doctors are returning to the older “Roto-Rooter” ...

A new medical device is giving some people with heart disease a less invasive alternative to open heart surgery. Bill Dumbauld, 76, is one of them. He was concerned about shortness of breath and chest ...

NEW YORK(CBSNewYork)-- New technology could prove to be a major development for anybody with heart disease. A brand new artery roto-rooter has been approved by the FDA to open difficult clogged ...

Doctors have dubbed it the Roto-Rooter for arteries. It`s the TEC system, a new device that chops up fatty cholesterol and calcium deposits that clog arteries. Then it vacuums the particles out of the ...

Dear Doctor: My cardiovascular surgeon tells me medicine has mostly abandoned shunt and stent placements as a solution to carotid artery plaques. Instead, doctors are returning to the older ...

The silverhawk procedure is like a roto-rooter for your blood-vessels and it's saving feet, legs and lives. Peripheral arterial disease blocked Ted Hansen's path. "My own doctor told me not to walk ...

A tiny “Roto Rooter”-like device that can shave out clogged arteries has worked its way into the hearts of county coronary patients for the first time. But while some cardiologists are heralding the ...

Q-I`m puzzled about the use of a balloon to clear fat from an artery. I used to think it was like a Roto-Rooter-style operation to clear a blocked line. But a balloon doesn`t have any cutting edges.