Tag: carotid stenting
Patient selection may explain “counterintuitive” relationship between carotid stenting volume and...
High stroke and death rates relating to carotid stenting in the Pacific Northwest may be driven by the selection of high-risk patients with less...
Contego announces enrolment of first patient in PERFORMANCE III trial
Contego Medical has announced enrolment of the first patient in the prospective, multicentre PERFORMANCE III trial aimed at further evaluating the safety and effectiveness...
TCAR and the treatment of asymptomatic patients hot topics for discussion...
Barbara Rantner (Munich, Germany) talks about the “fantastic experience” of being back in person at CX 2022, where she notes that attendees were able...
Contego completes enrolment of PERFORMANCE II carotid stent trial
Contego Medical has announced that enrolment of the PERFORMANCE II clinical trial has been completed.
PERFORMANCE II is intended to evaluate the safety and effectiveness...
Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of October 2022
Five-year outcomes from the randomised SPACE-2 trial on carotid artery stenosis, an interview with Joseph S Coselli, and a report on the "significant" increase...
InspireMD announces the inclusion of its CGuard carotid stent in CREST-2...
InspireMD has announced that its CGuard embolic prevention stent system (EPS) will be included as a device option for stenting in CREST-2 (Carotid revascularisation...
Regulatory and reimbursement approval of CGuard EPS in Australia
CGuard Embolic Prevention System (EPS) (InspireMD) has been granted regulatory approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (part of the Australian Government’s Department of Health)...
Low embolisation risk with micromesh carotid stents
Patients treated with either the Roadsaver (Terumo) or the CGuard (InspireMD) micromesh carotid stents had similar low risk of embolisation following carotid artery stenting...
Transcarotid artery revascularisation suggests reduced risk of major adverse events compared...
Real-world outcomes from the Transcarotid Artery Revascularisation (TCAR) Surveillance Project (TSP) were presented by Mahmoud Malas from John Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, USA) at the...
Combined carotid and coronary revascularisation: Is this a good idea?
George Chrysant gives an overview of combined revascularisation interventions for coronary and carotid disease, arguing that "carotid artery stenting and coronary artery bypass grafting...
Contego Medical begins enrolment in carotid stent trial PERFORMANCE I
Contego Medical has announced the beginning of enrolment in the PERFORMANCE I trial, a clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of...
InspireMD announces expansion of its distribution network for CGuard EPS
InspireMD has announced it has signed Diverse Devices as its exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand, and has signed Do Gia Production...
