The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

Carotid artery narrowing due to atherosclerosis (a condition known as atherosclerotic carotid stenosis) contributes to up to ...

Carotid Endarterectomy - For patients with significant carotid artery narrowing with or without stroke-like symptoms, surgery may be recommended. Carotid Endarterectomy surgery involves exposing the ...

The number of procedures performed per year decreased ... Age, gender, race and time were found to significantly predict carotid endarterectomy use. Among these elements, female gender, non ...

Sonolysis was safe; 30 days after the procedure, 94.4 percent of patients ... risk of periprocedural cerebrovascular events during carotid endarterectomy in all patients with sufficient temporal ...

Vascular surgery fellows and residents rotate between a busy tertiary ... We utilize all commercially available stent grafts, including fenestrated and branched grafts. Carotid endarterectomy remains ...

Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid artery due to atherosclerosis contributing to up to 30% of all cases.

The multi-centre, prospective trial will focus on subjects at high risk for complications from carotid endarterectomy ... “With more than 30,000 TCAR procedures performed in the US each year ...

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis died from a stroke that was followed by a coma and irreversible cardiocirculatory ...