Tag: carotid artery stenting
No increased risk of complications found with transradial access for carotid...
Carotid artery stenting (CAS) delivered via transradial artery access has demonstrated no increased risk of stroke, death, myocardial infarction, transient ischaemic attack, or access...
Evidence, timing and medical therapy: Key carotid questions addressed at VSASM...
Extolling the benefits of evidence-based practice, timely surgical intervention and intensive medical therapy, Dominic PJ Howard (Oxford, UK) spoke at the recent Vascular Society...
Robocath completes CARE clinical trial evaluating robotic carotid stenting
Robocath has today announced the results of its CARE clinical trial focusing on robotic carotid stenting—the first phase of a research programme launched in...
InspireMD announces completed enrolment in C-Guardians US IDE trial
InspireMD today announced that it has completed enrolment of its ongoing C-Guardians US Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial, designed to support potential US...
Carotid endarterectomy associated with less reintervention than stenting in first six...
A durability study that looks at reintervention risk among patients treated with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) versus carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedures established that CEA...
Vascular community split over “death” of traditional carotid stenting
A debate between two prominent carotid interventionists—Peter Schneider (University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA) and Domenico Valenti (King's College London, London, UK)—on...
Distal embolic protection linked to significantly better outcomes in carotid stenting
Distal embolic protection using a filter has been associated with improved transfemoral carotid artery stenting (tfCAS) outcomes in terms of in-hospital stroke and death...
Equivalency to clinical practice “varies considerably” across recent carotid intervention trials
The external validity—in other words, the transferability to real-world clinical practice—of contemporary randomised controlled trials (RCTs) investigating carotid artery stenosis interventions “varies considerably”, as...
Randomised trial finds carotid endarterectomy or stenting not superior to best...
Five-year outcomes of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (RCT) indicate that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid artery stenting (CAS) are not superior to best...
JACC study makes case for expanding coverage for carotid artery stenting
Research from Ochsner Health (New Orleans, USA) published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) is likely to influence expanded insurance coverage...
Female sex “should be considered an independent risk factor” for new...
A preliminary report lends evidence to support female sex being considered as an independent risk factor for new stroke occurrence after carotid revascularisation in...
Carotid stenting demonstrates comparable short- and long-term results to endarterectomy
Pooled patient-level data from more than 2,500 asymptomatic, non-octogenarian subjects have shown that carotid artery stenting (CAS) achieved comparable short- and long-term results to...
ESVS publishes 2023 guidelines on management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral...
The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has just released 2023 clinical practice guidelines on the management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease....
Few cases and short timeframe required to overcome learning curve with...
A retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database has found that robot-assisted carotid artery stenting (CAS) is both safe and effective. Writing in Neurosurgical...
Expedited carotid artery surgery after index event “probably safer” than expedited...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 71 studies suggests that, at present, carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is safer than carotid artery stenting (CAS) when performed...
Robocath successfully performs first carotid stenting in France with R-One robot
Robocath today announced its successful first robotic carotid stenting at Rennes University Hospital. This breakthrough in the neurovascular field was performed on 16 November...
Women face increased risk of stroke and readmission after carotid interventions
A recent study has pointed to an increased risk of stroke in both asymptomatic and symptomatic female patients, as well as readmission in asymptomatic...
Study detects no difference in adverse outcomes from balloon dilatation strategy...
Avoiding a strategy of post-stent balloon dilation during transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) may be unnecessary—a “contradistinction” to results shown in conventional transfemoral carotid artery...
Novel teleproctoring platform successfully used for neuroendovascular fellowship training
A novel augmented reality (AR) platform (Proximie) has been successfully used to teleproctor a neuroendovascular fellow during complex interventional and diagnostic procedures. That is...
TCAR may be associated with favourable outcomes for treatment of restenotic...
Transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR; Silk Road Medical) may be associated with favourable in-hospital outcomes for the treatment of restenotic carotid lesions after carotid endarterectomy...
Five-year ACST-2 results: Carotid artery surgery and stenting have similar long-term...
Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke in asymptomatic patients with severe carotid artery stenosis. That is...
Treatment of asymptomatic carotid bifurcation occlusive disease and potential role of...
Peter A Schneider (San Francisco, USA) discusses the role stenting can play, alongside the existing best medical therapy, in treating asymptomatic carotid disease patients.
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Higher risk of periprocedural hazards for patients undergoing carotid interventions after...
A systematic review and meta-analysis has demonstrated that patients undergoing carotid interventions after thrombolysis have a higher risk of periprocedural hazards, compared with those...
