Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke in asymptomatic patients with severe carotid artery stenosis. That's the finding of late breaking ...

(UPDATED) Over the long term, patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis who are already on good medical therapy fare comparably well whether the artery is opened with stenting or surgery, ...

Elective carotid artery angioplasty and stenting was initiated in the United States in 1994 by the endovascular interventional team at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Carotid stenting was ...

The SKYWARD programme includes two planned prospective, multi-centre, single-arm IDE studies.

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 ...

An international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that for people with severe carotid artery narrowing who haven't experienced recent stroke symptoms, a minimally invasive procedure ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a draft decision memo on carotid-artery stenting (CAS) that would expand Medicare coverage of the procedure and remove certain ...

WASHINGTON -- The Neuroguard carotid stent system, with its integrated embolic filter, continued to show good results at 2 years for people with carotid artery stenosis deemed poor candidates for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to a meta-analysis, use of dual-layered mesh-covered carotid artery stent systems was safe at 30 days.

J&J is working to expand use of Shockwave’s technology as competition in intravascular lithotripsy builds from companies like ...

The main arteries in the neck (the carotid arteries) can become narrowed or blocked by fatty deposits. Fragments of these fatty deposits can become detached from the walls of the carotid artery and ...