Tag: carotid
Carotid endarterectomy outperforms stenting amid overuse of both procedures in ten-year...
A retrospective, nationwide cohort study has revealed carotid endarterectomy (CEA) performed better than carotid artery stenting (CAS) in France over the course of a...
ROADSTER 3 provides key evidence that ‘goes beyond registry data’ on...
Thirty-day results from the ROADSTER 3 study have demonstrated that transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) is a safe and effective approach in patients who are...
Large database study finds no difference in outcomes between three carotid...
A new Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) data analysis, recently published in the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (EJVES), has found no statistically...
First patient enrolled in InspireMD’s CGUARDIANS II pivotal study
InspireMD today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company’s CGUARDIANS II clinical trial evaluating its CGuard Prime carotid stent system in...
Silk Road celebrates milestone of 100,000 TCAR procedures
Silk Road Medical has announced the milestone of more than 100,000 transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) procedures having been performed to date.
“A growing number of...
CEA and TCAR should be ‘first-line’ interventions for weekend carotid revascularization,...
Patients who undergo carotid revascularization at the weekend have increased odds of complications and mortality, with transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TFCAS) posing the highest...
LINC 2024: C-GUARDIANS data represent lowest event rates in published trials...
New data from the C-GUARDIANS pivotal investigational device exemption (IDE) trial support consideration of carotid artery stenting (CAS) with the CGuard embolic prevention stent...
Measuring plaque inflammation via SCAIL scores may improve carotid stenosis risk...
The use of a relatively novel scoring system, referred to as Symptomatic carotid atheroma inflammation lumen-stenosis (SCAIL), has produced favourable predictive qualities versus the...
Midterm CARAS study results show cerebral ischaemic event incidence “should not...
The final publication of midterm results from the observational CARAS study suggest that cerebral ischaemic event (CIE) incidence in asymptomatic carotid stenosis patients “should...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of November 2023
In November, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist include a reassessment of which carotid revascularization treatment modality is best after the recent Centers...
No relationship found between DW-MRI lesions and long-term stroke risk following...
A secondary analysis of existing clinical trial data has indicated that new ischaemic brain lesions detected via diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) following carotid...
Interim data find ‘no evidence of benefit’ for carotid revascularization additional...
Interim results from the ECST-2 randomized controlled trial (RCT) have shown no evidence that carotid stenosis patients with a low-to-intermediate stroke risk, treated with...
Distal embolic protection linked to significantly better outcomes in carotid stenting
Distal embolic protection using a filter has been associated with improved transfemoral carotid artery stenting (tfCAS) outcomes in terms of in-hospital stroke and death...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of February 2023
In February 2023, the hits with Vascular Specialist readers included positive safety and efficacy findings from the PRESERVE trial; the announcement of the scientific program...
The case for aggressive intervention on symptomatic carotid web
The lead investigator behind new research from a center in Louisiana outlines how his new study—believed to be the largest single-institution analysis of symptomatic...
Equivalency to clinical practice ‘varies considerably’ across recent carotid intervention trials
The transferability to real-world clinical practice of contemporary randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating carotid artery stenosis interventions “varies considerably,” according to a recent analysis...