Tag: CAS
VAM 2024: Changes to carotid stenting landscape in United States set...
Sean P. Lyden, MD, chairman of the Department of Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, will discuss...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of May 2024
In April, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist include new data from the C-GUARDIANS pivotal investigational device exemption (IDE) trial presented at the...
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...
No increased risk of complications found with transradial access for carotid...
Carotid artery stenting (CAS) delivered via transradial artery access has demonstrated no increased risk of stroke, death, myocardial infarction, transient ischaemic attack, or access...
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...
CEA associated with less reintervention than stenting in first six months-study
A durability study that looks at reintervention risk among patients treated with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) versus carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedures established that CEA...
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...
Vascular community split over ‘death’ of traditional carotid stenting
A debate between two prominent carotid interventionists—Peter Schneider, MD, professor of vascular and endovascular surgery at University of California San Francisco in San Francisco,...
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...
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...
Carotid stenting demonstrates comparable short- and long-term results to endarterectomy
Pooled patient-level data from more than 2,500 asymptomatic, non-octogenarian subjects have shown that carotid artery stenting (CAS) achieved comparable short- and long-term results to...
TCAR may be associated with favorable outcomes in restenotic carotid lesions,...
Transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) may be associated with favorable in-hospital outcomes for the treatment of restenotic carotid lesions after carotid endarterectomy (CEA), suggests a...
USPSTF reaffirms 2014 recommendation against screening for asymptomatic carotid stenosis
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has recommended against screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in the general adult population—a reaffirmation of...
Study identifies disparities in early revascularization for symptomatic carotid stenosis
Data from a new study carried out in Texas found disparities in those undergoing early carotid revascularization along gender, race and ethnic lines.
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Patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis may be successfully managed medically,...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—High-risk patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis may be successfully managed medically, delegates at the winter meeting of the Vascular & Endovascular...