HONOLULU — Carotid stenting and surgery provide similar long-term protection from stroke for symptomatic patients with severe carotid stenosis followed for up to a decade in a pooled patient-level ...

A carotid endarterectomy removes plaque from one of two arteries that move blood to your head in order to prevent complications. You have two carotid arteries in your neck that bring blood into your ...

Sonolysis, an application of therapeutic ultrasound, reduced periprocedural cerebrovascular events during carotid endarterectomy. The safety profile of sonolysis was supported by a reported lack of ...

HONOLULU, HI—Results of carotid revascularization with either surgery or stenting stand up well over the long term, with very low rates of stroke through up to a decade of follow-up, new data from the ...

When a blockage in the neck’s carotid artery breaks off, it travels quickly -- and often devastatingly -- to the brain, causing a stroke. To prevent this from happening, doctors have had to cut into ...

Stenting may be an alternative to open endarterectomy for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis. The Endarterectomy versus Angioplasty in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis (EVA-3S) ...

A carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is a surgical procedure to remove fatty deposits from the carotid arteries. These are the two main arteries that supply blood to the brain, face, and neck. They are on ...

Carotid stent surgery is one of two procedures that can be used to treat carotid artery stenosis. This procedure is considered a less invasive option with a faster recovery time. However, it does have ...

Applying ultrasound to help break up thrombus during carotid endarterectomy reduces adverse neurological outcomes in the first 30 days after surgery in patients with either symptomatic or asymptomatic ...

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 ...

Patients selected for carotid revascularization who have a contralateral carotid occlusion are still best triaged toward stenting rather than surgery, a new registry analysis suggests. "This is one of ...

Removal of atherosclerotic plaques by carotid endarterectomy can prevent stroke in symptomatic patients. In asymptomatic patients, however, the risk of complications during surgery might outweigh the ...