Tag: carotid
Interim data find “no evidence of benefit” for carotid revascularisation additional...
Interim results from the ECST-2 randomised controlled trial (RCT) have shown no evidence that carotid stenosis patients with a low-to-intermediate stroke risk, treated with...
Medical therapy improvements mean “the time has come” to reconduct prior...
“The time has definitely come to look at the evidence, and redo these studies,” posited Alun Davies (Imperial College London, London, UK), putting forward...
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...
Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of February 2023
February's top 10 includes the announcement that Abbott is to acquire Cardiovascular Systems, results of the PRESERVE study on the safety and effectiveness of...
Equivalency to clinical practice “varies considerably” across recent carotid intervention trials
The external validity—in other words, the transferability to real-world clinical practice—of contemporary randomised controlled trials (RCTs) investigating carotid artery stenosis interventions “varies considerably”, as...
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...
Randomised trial finds carotid endarterectomy or stenting not superior to best...
Five-year outcomes of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (RCT) indicate that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid artery stenting (CAS) are not superior to best...
Smartphone video may offer non-invasive stroke screening option
Motion analysis of video recorded on a smartphone accurately detected narrowed carotid arteries, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart...
Worldwide TCAR analysis provides “roadmap” to evaluate future training approaches
An analysis of the worldwide experience of transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) has produced key objective proficiency metrics and an analytic framework to assess adequate...
New carotid artery stent procedure to be evaluated by the Society...
A surveillance project to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) in comparison with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is being launched by...
Contego Medical completes enrolment of Paladin clinical registry
Contego Medical has completed enrolment in the Paladin Carotid Post-dilation Balloon System Registry in Europe. The registry involves 5 centres with 100 total patients,...
