InspireMD, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: NSPR), developer of the CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System for the prevention of stroke, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

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 ...

Cite this: Uncomplicated Carotid Endarterectomy: Factors Contributing to Blood Pressure Instability Precluding Safe Early Discharge - Medscape - Sep 01, 2004.

InspireMD, Inc. announced that the FDA has granted premarket approval (PMA) of the company’s CGuard Prime carotid stent syst ...

St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart is offering a new procedure to treat carotid artery disease. The hospital has launched TransCarotid Artery Revascularization, a minimally invasive and clinically ...

With a carotid stent, dilation balloon, and integrated embolic protection (IEP) filter for added safety, the system also allows for three steps in one, minimizing manipulation of balloons and stents ...

In 1953, DeBakey performed the first successful carotid endarterectomy for the treatment of an occluded cervical carotid artery. 11 In 1954, Eastcott performed the first successful carotid ...

Background and Purpose—We sought to investigate whether in patients with a symptomatic internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion, endarterectomy of a severe stenosis of the contralateral carotid artery ...

Background Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) is an important complication of carotid endarterectomy (CEA), yet prior research has been limited to small cohorts and retrospective analyses, or ...

Quantification of carotid atherosclerosis is important in monitoring patients at risk of cardiovascular events and in evaluating therapies. High-resolution 3D carotid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo potentially dangerous changes over time in patients without symptoms, ...