Most carotid-artery stenting or endarterectomy is done for asymptomatic cases. The large CREST-2 randomized trial now shows ...

CREST-2 showed that, among patients with high-grade carotid stenosis without recent neurological symptoms, the addition of stenting led to significantly better outcomes than intensive medical ...

Improvements in medical therapy, carotid-artery stenting, and carotid endarterectomy call into question the preferred ...

In a pair of randomized, observer-blinded clinical trials designed to evaluate optimal management of asymptomatic carotid ...

Stenting, but not endarterectomy, significantly reduced stroke risk compared with intensive medical therapy alone.

The findings of the CREST-2 trial published in NEJM have revealed that in asymptomatic carotid stenosis, endarterectomy offered no advantage over intensive medical therapy in reducing stroke ...

When the angle of take-off of the right common carotid is vertical or acute, a wire braided Simmons 2 catheter positioned close to the bifurcation is used. The catheter is passed into the external ...

An international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that for people with severe carotid artery narrowing who ...

Early results have indicated that a novel carotid artery stent featuring a double-layer design is safe and not associated with occurrence of any ischemia. “These results suggest that further ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinical trial data may be helping determine applicability and appropriateness of carotid artery stenting and ...

If the lesion involves the CCA and the ICA, the stent has to cover the carotid bifurcation completely. Flow disturbances in the ICA occur if the stent is positioned in the bulb. [9] In our experience, ...

Stenting has increasingly been used for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis, although it is still unknown whether it is as safe and successful as carotid endarterectomy. Several studies have been ...