The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

Heparin is the anticoagulant of choice to prevent thrombosis distally to the clamped internal carotid artery during ... Dextran is commonly used after endarterectomy to prevent platelet adherence ...

Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Katra has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by performing Jammu and Kashmir’s first-ever ...

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Every year, nearly 800,000 people have a stroke in the United States, and it is the fifth-leading cause of death and the most ...

While carotid endarterectomy, a surgical procedure to remove plaque from the carotid artery, has been shown to reduce the ...

Following 257 patients for 34 months, the researchers found nearly 60 percent of them had measurable amounts of polyethylene ...

Hypothesis: We hypothesize that AF is independently associated with carotid plaque inflammation. Aims: In patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA), we aimed to determine whether carotid ...

outlook.com Background and purpose Carotid artery stenting is an alternative to endarterectomy for the treatment of symptomatic carotid stenosis but was associated with a higher risk of procedural ...

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center's rating shows it excelled in bedside care but struggled with hospital staff responsiveness, ...

Cordis Angioguard RX Emboli Capture Guidewire System Filter Distal Indicated for use as a guidewire and EPS to contain and remove embolic material (thrombus/debris) while performing carotid artery ...

The circle of Willis is a band of arteries at the base of the brain that connects the major arterial systems to the brain. As part of the lower half of the circle of Willis, the PCOM artery starts ...