Michael Dunn expected to hear that he needed major surgery after doctors detected plaque buildup in his right carotid ...

InspireMD, in partnership with NAMSA, is set to initiate the pivotal, single-arm CGUARDIANS II study to assess the CGuard ...

Coronary artery bypass grafts are the most lucrative cardiology procedures for hospitals nationwide, according to research from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute ...

InspireMD, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSPR), developer of the CGuard™ Prime Carotid Stent System for the prevention of stroke related to ...

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

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 ...

Vascular. 2005;13(4):205-210. The number of connectors is not the only factor influencing stent flexibility. More important is the way in which the connectors are shaped straight bridges are less ...

Background We evaluated the clinical and safety outcomes of emergent carotid artery stenting (eCAS) plus endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) among patients with anterior tandem lesion (TL) and large ...

It also shows that the strategy of first segmenting the carotid artery and then segmenting and detecting CaW is promising. The carotid web (CaW) is a shelf-like filling defect in the posterior wall of ...

Among them, 47 patients (83.9%) received carotid artery stenting, and 9 (16.1%) received carotid endarterectomy. The mean age was 65.34 ± 9.65 years. The axial length was 23.68 ± 0.82 and 23.70 ± 0.85 ...

Surgery or stenting is reserved for severe blockages or symptomatic cases. When surgical intervention is needed, carotid endarterectomy involves removing plaque from the artery, while carotid ...