Stenting may be an alternative to open endarterectomy for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis. The Endarterectomy versus Angioplasty in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis (EVA-3S) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of carotid endarterectomy vs usual care for long-term stroke prevention in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis. There is a slight protective ...

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 ...

Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients' cognitive skills, according to a preliminary late-breaking science presentation at the American Stroke ...

Carotid artery is the blood vessel that supplies oxygen-rich blood to the brain. Stenosis of this artery leads to impaired blood flow to the brain and altered blood-brain barrier properties, which can ...