define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); carotid stent – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:43:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Iowa’s Todd Lickliter Has Carotid Tear Repaired http://rushthecourt.net/2009/12/09/iowas-todd-lickliter-has-carotid-tear-repaired/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/12/09/iowas-todd-lickliter-has-carotid-tear-repaired/#respond Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:34:34 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=13772

Iowa head coach Todd Lickliter underwent placement of a stent to one of his carotid arteries on Saturday at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, according to reports from ESPN and from The Hawk Eye.  Lickliter had evidently complained of severe headaches while coaching his Hawkeyes in the CBE Classic in late November, and upon evaluation and testing on Friday, a tear in one of his carotid arteries was found.  This led to the decision to access the carotid and place a stent, a small semi-rigid mesh-like tube, into the artery to keep it open and intact.  He was released [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/12/09/iowas-todd-lickliter-has-carotid-tear-repaired/feed/ 0