In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson designated February to be National Heart Month.  At the time, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death in the United States so he wanted people to focus ...

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

thus making direct revascularization via the internal carotid arteries impossible or inadvisable, and reconstruction of the vertebral artery may offer the best option for re-establishment of ...

Since the start of patient data collection on carotid revascularization in 1987 until the end of 2008, a total of 4219 carotid artery revascularizations (CEA and CAS) were performed in the two ...

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

LANCASTER – Fairfield Medical Center is now offering TCAR (transcarotid artery revascularization), a hybrid treatment option for those living with carotid artery stenosis. The carotid arteries ...

Marvin Slosman, Chief Executive Officer of InspireMD, commented, “With more than 30,000 TCAR procedures performed in the U.S. each year, TCAR is a rapidly growing procedure that represents a ...

To date, the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS) 3 is the only prospective randomized study comparing best medical therapy with endovascular stenting for patients ...

Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Transcarotid Artery Revascularization, or TCAR, is a clinically validated surgery that treats carotid artery blockages that run the risk of triggering a ...

InspireMD (NSPR) and NAMSA announced that, pursuant to a previously announced strategic outsourcing partnership, the companies are working ...