We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. There have now been more than 100,000 transcarotid ...

While open carotid artery surgery (above) remains the gold standard, TCAR uses a small incision and a catheter to deploy a stent. A 2018 study determined stroke was the third-leading cause of death in ...

A new approach to carotid stenting, in which the carotid artery is accessed directly instead of by use of a catheter that is guided through the circulation from the groin, has shown lower rates of ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® (SVS VQI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of vascular care within hospitals and ...

ST. LOUIS – Carotid artery disease is a build-up of plaque in the two main arteries of the neck, which are vital in feeding oxygen-rich blood to the brain. When plaque builds up in the carotid ...

HOLLYWOOD, FL—Carotid artery stenting (CAS) and endarterectomy (CEA) remain neck and neck in vying for prominence, but some experts say a minimally invasive surgical approach known as transcarotid ...

Hackensack Meridian Health's academic medical centers, Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ and Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, NJ, are just two of only a few ...

Transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR), which pulls in both surgical and endovascular techniques, is being rapidly adopted in the United States for the treatment of high-risk patients with ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Each year, more than 300,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with carotid artery disease. If left unchecked, it can lead to stroke because tiny pieces of plaque ...

Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. experiences a stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2022, over 165,000 people in the U.S. died from strokes. Meanwhile, strokes ...