The different geometries and working principles of carotid stents (nitinol or cobalt chromium, open- or closed-cell configuration) provide each product with unique functional properties. The ...

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The results of the ongoing CREST-2 study in patients with asymptomatic, high-grade carotid artery stenosis are still several years away. But new data out of a companion registry suggest that whatever ...

For patients who have soft, lipid-rich carotid plaques that are prone to prolapse during stent implantation, combining proximal embolic protection with newer double-layer stents reduces the risk of ...

Medicare beneficiaries who underwent carotid artery stenting had a 32 percent mortality rate during an average two-year follow-up, suggesting the benefits of CAS may be limited for some patients, ...

Carotid artery stenosis results from a build-up of atherosclerotic plaques within the carotid artery wall and is responsible for approximately 10% of all strokes. Carotid endarterectomy, the surgical ...

Patients who are at risk of stroke have a less invasive option to surgery that seems to be equally as effective, according to a large-scale medical study. A study called the Carotid Revascularization ...

It's a big phrase for less invasive surgery. For many years, the standard of surgery for people that have a bad blockage, is to open up the neck, clean out the blockage, and sew the artery back ...

Stroke is a massive medical and societal challenge. It is the third most common cause of death among adults and the leading cause of long-term disability. We need better ways to treat acute stroke — ...

Eight-year-old Rajvir Kotkar is unstoppable as he rattles on about how the leopard caught him by the neck and dragged him from his village Islak in Ahilyanagar on November 14. “I was not scared at all ...

In the pioneering years of CAS, an attempt was made to implant balloon-expandable stents to open up the internal carotid artery (ICA) or common carotid artery (CCA). Owing to the superficial location ...