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 ...

North Central Bronx announced on Monday, March 23, that they have begun offering two types of minimally invasive vascular ...

A risky carotid artery operation, currently still the standard treatment for many patients, may then no longer be necessary for this group of patients. This research, published today in the Lancet ...

Most carotid-artery stenting or endarterectomy is done for asymptomatic cases. The large CREST-2 randomized trial now shows that endarterectomy holds no stroke and mortality benefit over intensive ...

A “three-in-one stent” for carotid artery revascularization that includes both an embolic filter and a postdilation balloon appears to offer one of the lowest stroke rates ever reported in patients at ...