CREST-2 may end routine CEA for asymptomatic carotid stenosis, but its message is nuanced, raising new questions about ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis requiring intervention, there was no difference in 5-year ...

Sonolysis, an application of therapeutic ultrasound, reduced periprocedural cerebrovascular events during carotid endarterectomy. The safety profile of sonolysis was supported by a reported lack of ...

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 ...

Heidelberg, Germany - Results of a randomized trial of carotid stenting vs endarterectomy in symptomatic patients has failed to demonstrate noninferiority of the stenting procedure [1]. The trial, ...

Medications for stroke prevention have become more potent over the past 20 years, and it could be that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) no longer has an advantage over optimal medical therapy for patients ...

The cervical plexus block is a regional anaesthetic technique that has become increasingly established as an alternative to general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy. This procedure involves the ...

Carotid endarterectomy can benefit the majority of patients with severe carotid artery stenosis. However, the therapeutic ef-fects of this technique in patients with symptomatic internal carotid ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Stroke affects more than 700,000 people in the United States per year. A blockage of a blood vessel is responsible for about 80 percent of strokes. Carotid endarterectomy is the most ...