Tag: carotid artery disease

Silk Road celebrates milestone of 100,000 TCAR procedures

Silk Road Medical has announced the milestone of more than 100,000 transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) procedures having been performed to date. “A growing number of...

First European PERFORMANCE II release highlights durability of carotid stenting in...

The recent, first-time European presentation of the PERFORMANCE II trial’s findings—delivered by Ralf Langhoff (Sankt Gertrauden-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany) at the 2024 Charing Cross (CX)...

InspireMD presents positive 30-day follow-up results from C-GUARDIANS clinical trial

InspireMD recently presented 30-day results from the C-GUARDIANS US investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical trial evaluating its CGuard embolic prevention stent (EPS) system for...

Initial cases indicate lithotripsy can help TCAR expand into high-risk patients

Lithotripsy may hold the key to enabling more carotid artery disease patients who require calcification treatment to undergo stent placement via a transcarotid artery...

DAPT at discharge reduces stroke and mortality risk versus other drug...

A recent data presentation has revealed reduced risk of stroke and mortality among transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) patients who receive dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT),...

AI demonstrates potential to detect carotid artery disease on duplex ultrasound

A prospective study has demonstrated the potential feasibility, applicability and accuracy held by artificial intelligence (AI) in the detection of carotid artery disease on...

Silk Road Medical announces first patient enrolled in ROADSTER 3 post-approval...

Silk Road Medical has announced enrolment of the first patient in ROADSTER 3, which the company claims is the the first prospective, multicentre, single-arm...

Silk Road to evaluate TCAR in standard surgical risk patients with...

Silk Road Medical today announced a post-market study to evaluate the transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) system in the treatment of standard surgical risk patients...

New ESVS carotid guidelines: Key questions answered

Clark Zeebregts (University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands) and Kosmas Paraskevas (Central Clinic of Athens, Athens, Greece) answer some key questions about the...

InspireMD announces the inclusion of its CGuard carotid stent in CREST-2...

InspireMD has announced that its CGuard embolic prevention stent system (EPS) will be included as a device option for stenting in CREST-2 (Carotid revascularisation...

Study highlights need to extend scope of cerebrovascular health disparities research

A new research letter in Stroke outlines use of the novel National Institutes of Health (NIH) ‘All of Us’ research programme dataset of diverse...