Michael Dunn expected to hear that he needed major surgery after doctors detected plaque buildup in his right carotid ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

InspireMD (NSPR) and NAMSA announced that, pursuant to a previously announced strategic outsourcing partnership, the companies are working ...

InspireMD, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSPR), developer of the CGuard™ Prime Carotid Stent System for the prevention of stroke related to ...

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

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery ...

Background: Patients with atrial fibrillation were excluded from clinical trials evaluating carotid artery stent(CAS) or carotid endarterectomy ... atrial fibrillation patients irrespective of which ...

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 ...

Vascular. 2005;13(4):205-210. The number of connectors is not the only factor influencing stent flexibility. More important is the way in which the connectors are shaped straight bridges are less ...

Background We evaluated the clinical and safety outcomes of emergent carotid artery stenting (eCAS) plus endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) among patients with anterior tandem lesion (TL) and large ...