Medications for stroke prevention have become more potent over the past 20 years, and it could be that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) no longer has an advantage over optimal medical therapy for patients ...

Carotid revascularization is associated with a significantly lower risk for incident seizures or epilepsy among patients with carotid stenosis.

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 ...

Carotid endarterectomy reduces the risk of stroke in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis, but the optimum time to perform surgery has been uncertain. A large study has shown that surgery ...

LAS VEGAS, NV—Asymptomatic women with carotid artery disease have fewer ipsilateral strokes over the long term when treated with carotid artery stenting (CAS) compared with carotid endarterectomy (CEA ...

We have to talk about disease in the carotid arteries and the common practice of performing "preventive" carotid surgery in patients who complain of nothing. I did not know the evidence for this ...

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 ...

Carotid endarterectomy is a vascular surgical procedure where a block in the common or internal carotid artery is relieved to restore blood supply to the brain. The common carotid arteries are ...

FOR THE FIRST 30 YEARS AFTER CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY WAS FIRST DEVELOPED, anecdotal evidence was used to identify patients with internal carotid artery disease for whom this procedure would be ...

The first large randomized study to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of percutaneous carotid interventions was the CAVATAS study in 2001. [7] Despite the absence of embolic protection devices ...

1. Which doctor does carotid endarterectomy? Carotid endarterectomy is done either by a vascular surgeon or a neurosurgeon. 2. Which individuals are at a higher risk for carotid artery disease?