September 7, 2021 — Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke in...
Stents Carotid
Carotid artery stenting is used to reopen carotid arteries narrowed by atherosclerotic lesions. The stent is designed to proper open a vessel segment treated with balloon angioplasty. Carotid plaques cause reduced blood flow to the brain and stroke. The alternative procedure is surgical endarterectomy, where the vessel is opened and the plaque removed.
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September 14, 2017 — Here are quick summaries for all the key late-breaking vascular and endovascular clinical trials presented at VIVA 2017 this week.
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Viva Physicians, a not-for-profit organization in the field of vascular medicine and intervention, announce clinical trial results and other new happenings at Viva '14, hosted in Las Vegas, Nev....
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InspireMD Inc. has enrolled the first patient into the CARENET (CARotid Embolic protection study using microNET) multi-center European clinical trial for the new CGuard carotid embolic protection...
A 3-D CT reconstructed image showing a narrow lesion at the carotid bifurcation. ACST-2 was the largest trial to compare the long-term effect of carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) on stroke in asymptomatic patients with a severely narrowed carotid artery that had not yet caused a stroke. Image by Canon
News | Stroke | September 07, 2021
September 7, 2021 — Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke...
InspireMD's MicroNet embolic protection mesh on stents is designed to prevent emboli during carotid stenting.
News | Embolic Protection Devices | February 09, 2021
February 9, 2021 — InspireMD Inc., developer of the CGuard Embolic Prevention System (EPS) for the prevention of stroke...
A carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque blockage at the bifurcation seen here can cause strokes. The stenting these lesions is a less invasive way of treating than open vessel surgery. The SVS has issued guidelines to help guide credentialing for the carotid stent procedure. Image from Vital Images.
News | Stroke | July 09, 2020
July 9, 2020 — The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released a clinical competence statement on training and...
Christopher Baker, M.D., and his team perpare to perform their first robotically navigated carotid artery stenting procedure at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. The Corindus Corpath robotic system can be seen over the patient on the table.
News | Robotic Systems | May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently became the first hospital on the West Coast to perform an...
The repuncturable Supera vascular mimetic peripheral stent system from Abbott Vascular was shown to manage bulky, heavily calcified CFA disease due to its extreme crush resistance in the VMI-CFA study.
News | Stents Carotid | November 11, 2019
November 11, 2019 — Although common femoral artery (CFA) endarterectomy is still considered the gold standard treatment...
News | Stents Carotid | June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019 — Silk Road Medical Inc. announced the presentation of real-world data for the treatment of patients with...
News | Stents Carotid | July 30, 2018
July 30, 2018 — Silk Road Medical Inc. recently announced the presentation of real-world data for the treatment of...
Peter Schneider, M.D. presents late breaking clinical trial results at VIVA 17 in Las Vegas. Panelists (l to r) Krishna Rocha-Singh, M.D., Sean Lyden, M.D., John Kaufman, M.D., Donna Buckley, M.D.
Feature | Cath Lab | September 14, 2017
September 14, 2017 — Here are quick summaries for all the key late-breaking vascular and endovascular clinical trials...
News | Stroke | January 02, 2017
January 2, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hopes to build clinical evidence through new registries...
News | Stents Carotid | November 18, 2016
November 18, 2016 — InspireMD Inc. announced in mid-October the online publication of positive clinical data in a new...
News | Stents Carotid | October 13, 2016
October 13, 2016 — A surveillance project to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transcarotid artery...
News | Cath Lab | March 04, 2016
March 4, 2016 — Recent results from the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial (CREST) are...
Feature | Stents Carotid | July 13, 2015
July 13, 2015 - Hospitals performing carotid artery stenting vary considerably in rates of in-hospital stroke or death...
News | Stents Carotid | June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 - Karam Moon, M.D., winner of the DePuy Synthes Cerebrovascular Section Resident/Fellow Award, presented...
Technology | June 01, 2015
June 1, 2015 — Silk Road Medical Inc. announced the company received U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k)...
