Sixty-three percent were done for ≥ 70% asymptomatic carotid stenosis and 37% for strokes/transient ischemic attacks. Table 1 summarizes the clinical and demographic characteristics. The ...

Although my bias as a CAS enthusiast makes me believe that CAS will ultimately have a major role in the treatment of patients with carotid stenosis, and although results of CAS will ultimately ...

This is the same disease that affects the vessels in the heart and can result in heart attacks and in leg vessels resulting in poor blood flow. Carotid stenosis is also known as carotid disease and ...

To date, the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal ... stenting for patients with symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis. Only eight patients were enrolled in each arm of the study and, of ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the ...

Two months after being shot in the neck and thigh in front of her kids, Nicki Douglass-Johansen spoke to the Times-Call in ...

The year had a lot to offer, from advanced therapies aimed at Lp(a), GLP-1, and other targets, to support for simpler ...

LANCASTER – Fairfield Medical Center is now offering TCAR (transcarotid artery revascularization), a hybrid treatment option for those living with carotid artery stenosis. The carotid arteries ...

PR-15 is under clinical development by advanceCor and currently in Phase II for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) (Ischemic Heart Disease).

Carotid endarterectomy remains the gold-standard treatment for extra-cranial carotid stenosis. This operation has been performed safely for decades using a variety of surgical and anesthetic ...