The recently approved device simplifies operator manipulations by loading a balloon and filter onto the stent.

On the morning of the stent procedure, make sure you take aspirin and other blood ... Your doctor will pass the Embolic Protection System into the carotid artery to help capture any plaque or ...

In the pioneering years of CAS, an attempt was made to implant balloon-expandable stents to open up the internal carotid artery (ICA ... the outcome of the CAS procedure in approximately 20 ...

A new predictive model developed by Ochsner Health helps clinicians make real-time decisions for patients who had a stroke ...

The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque in the arteries due to multiple risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history and ...

with the study procedure, carotid artery stenting. During stenting, a catheter is used to deliver a stent into the carotid artery, where the stent can expand and widen the blocked area and capture ...

Some potential signs may include: headache neck pain eye or facial pain Doctors may treat carotid artery dissection with blood-thinning medications or a stent, a tube that supports the inside of ...

Welcome to the Saint Louis University Vascular Surgery! We are one of the ... However, we perform transfemoral carotid stenting if indicated and are a Silk Road “Center of Excellence” in Transcarotid ...

More information: Enqiang Chang et al, Dexmedetomidine decreases cerebral hyperperfusion incidence following carotid stenting ...

Surgery – Sorgeons can do surgery to ... insert a tiny metal tube called a “stent” into the carotid artery. The stent is designed to prop open narrowed arteries. This treatment seems to ...

Four years ago, DeRose was diagnosed with carotid artery disease by Dr ... Initially, DeRose underwent a procedure to clean out the artery in his neck. However, when the other side became blocked ...

Embolic protection devices prevent stroke during the procedure ... in our service will opt for stents with a closed-cell design (Carotid Wallstent, NexStent, X-Act) in lesions with a high ...