Clinical experience with Terumo’s Roadsaver™ carotid artery stent system. Edvard Skripochnik, MD Chief, Vascular and ...

The published literature regarding carotid angioplasty/stenting for atherosclerotic primary and recurrent stenosis includes many case series, nonrandomized comparative trials and eleven randomized ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has granted premarket approval to the Neuroguard IEP System, a novel stenting system intended to ease ...

On the day before your treatment, you may be asked to withhold some of your blood pressure medication. This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent ...

An analysis of Medicare data indicates that older patients who had a stent placed in the carotid artery (a major artery of the neck and head) by a physician operator who performed less than six of the ...

– Innovative, dual-layer micromesh, closed-cell stent with the flexibility of an open-cell stent for maximizing clinical outcomes in carotid artery stenting procedures – SOMERSET, N.J., May 27, 2025 ...

The BCBSA Technology Evaluation Center Medical Advisory Panel reviewed this topic in June 2007 and determined that the use of angioplasty and stenting of the cervical ...

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of carotid artery stent placement for symptomatic extracranial carotid stenosis is adequate to support the use of this procedure provided that normal ...