On the day before your treatment, you may be asked to withhold some of your blood pressure medication. This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent ...

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 ...

InspireMD Inc. NSPR recently announced the first patient enrolment in the company’s CGUARDIANS II clinical trial. The trial ...

Carotid artery stenting with embolic protection has been ... bleeding and vascular complications in coronary interventional procedures. It may offer a more direct and safer approach in cases ...

Stents suitable for use in the extracranial carotid artery only became available during the second half of the recruitment period, so patients randomly assigned to endovascular therapy between ...

InspireMD enrolled the first patient in its CGUARDIANS II pivotal study, which will evaluate the CGuard Prime Carotid Stent ...

InspireMD, Inc. announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company’s CGUARDIANS II clinical trial evaluati ...

The doctor may also put a stent in your artery. A stent is a small tube that helps keep the artery open. It can also keep small pieces of plaque from breaking off and causing problems. You may need to ...

LAS VEGAS, NV—One year after Medicare’s National Coverage Determination (NCD) expanded access in the United States to carotid artery stenting (CAS), data reassure on the safety and efficacy of the ...

The following is a summary of “Management of large or giant Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms: a single-center experience ...

Hernan Bazan at Ochsner Health and colleagues reveals how frailty assessments can accurately predict outcomes in urgent ...