InspireMD, in partnership with NAMSA, is set to initiate the pivotal, single-arm CGUARDIANS II study to assess the CGuard ...

On the morning of the stent procedure, make sure you take aspirin and other blood ... Your doctor will pass the Embolic Protection System into the carotid artery to help capture any plaque or ...

The recently approved device simplifies operator manipulations by loading a balloon and filter onto the stent.

In the pioneering years of CAS, an attempt was made to implant balloon-expandable stents to open up the internal carotid artery (ICA ... the outcome of the CAS procedure in approximately 20 ...

Coronary artery bypass grafts are the most lucrative cardiology procedures for hospitals nationwide, according to research from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute ...

Marvin Slosman, Chief Executive Officer of InspireMD, commented, “With more than 30,000 TCAR procedures performed in the U.S. each year, TCAR is a rapidly growing procedure that represents a ...

The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque in the arteries due to multiple risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history and ...

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

Some potential signs may include: headache neck pain eye or facial pain Doctors may treat carotid artery dissection with blood-thinning medications or a stent, a tube that supports the inside of ...

More information: Enqiang Chang et al, Dexmedetomidine decreases cerebral hyperperfusion incidence following carotid stenting ...

The burden of cardiovascular diseases among smokers is profoundly evident. Cigarette smoking, a leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, exerts a particularly pernicious impact on the ...

Embolic protection devices prevent stroke during the procedure ... in our service will opt for stents with a closed-cell design (Carotid Wallstent, NexStent, X-Act) in lesions with a high ...