Endarterectomy (also called carotid endarterectomy, carotid artery surgery) is a surgical procedure used to open a blocked or narrowed carotid artery located in the neck. This procedure is used 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 ...

In addition to TCAR, FMC offers several procedures to treat carotid artery stenosis. “TCAR is a cutting-edge technology in the field of vascular surgery,” Dr. Hernandez said. “The procedure ...

Welcome to the Saint Louis University Vascular Surgery! We are one of the ... However, we perform transfemoral carotid stenting if indicated and are a Silk Road “Center of Excellence” in Transcarotid ...

Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is relatively frequent ... and stenting have increasingly been used as an alternative to surgery. Although these endovascular techniques have the advantage ...

A new predictive model developed by Ochsner Health helps clinicians make real-time decisions for patients who had a stroke ...

PhD Defense: Biomarkers in Carotid and Peripheral Artery Disease; Unravelling pieces of the complex atherosclerotic puzzle ...

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 ...

A team of doctors including neurologists, interventional radiologists, and neurosurgeons decided to use a minimally invasive approach called endovascular intervention. In this, a specialised device is ...