May 2022 - Angioplasty is a procedure used to restore blood flow by opening up narrowed coronary arteries. These arteries play an important role, wrapping around the outside of the heart and supplying it with blood. When these arteries narrow due to plaque or cholesterol buildup, help from an interventional cardiologist is needed. BJC Medical Group interventional cardiologist Michael Missler, DO, explains more about this minimally invasive procedure.

February 2022 - The carotid artery is a major artery in the body. It branches off the aorta of the heart, comes up from the chest into the neck and splits into the external carotid artery, which supplies blood to the face, and the internal carotid artery, which carries blood to the brain. But what happens when the internal carotid artery isn’t healthy? Learn what carotid artery disease is and why diagnosis and treatment are so important.