Tag: CEA
Single-centre analysis suggests improved longer-term outcomes with endarterectomy versus TCAR
A large, single-centre analysis has found that, despite parity between the two procedures in terms of perioperative clinical outcomes, carotid endarterectomy (CEA) was associated...
No relationship found between DW-MRI lesions and long-term stroke risk following...
A secondary analysis of existing clinical trial data has indicated that new ischaemic brain lesions detected via diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) following carotid...
“Sonolysis is back” after safely reducing endarterectomy stroke risk in randomised...
Positive results from a clinical trial involving a novel therapeutic procedure known as sonolysis—deployed during a carotid endarterectomy (CEA)—were presented at the recent European...
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...
Vascular News 97 – February 2023 US Edition
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CX 2023 preview: Headline peripheral session to spotlight audience view on new BASIL-2 findings
Journal highlight: Individual patient data meta-analysis probes safety...
Vascular News 97 – February 2023 OUS Edition
In this issue:
CX 2023 preview: Headline peripheral session to spotlight audience view on new BASIL-2 findings
Journal highlight: Individual patient data meta-analysis probes...
Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of January 2023
January's top 10 highlights an individual patient data meta-analysis on the safety of carotid endarterectomy in the elderly and a new randomised trial on...
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...
Age is just a number: Individual patient data meta-analysis probes safety...
A newly published meta-analysis of individual patient data has found that older patients with symptomatic carotid disease are likely to benefit as much from...
Endarterectomy and TCAR “continue to show superior outcomes” to transfemoral stenting
Researchers led by a vascular team in Indianapolis found that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) remains the most-used strategy in carotid revascularisation, with CEA and transcarotid...
Carotid stenting demonstrates comparable short- and long-term results to endarterectomy
Pooled patient-level data from more than 2,500 asymptomatic, non-octogenarian subjects have shown that carotid artery stenting (CAS) achieved comparable short- and long-term results to...
Silk Road Medical announces expanded Medicare coverage for TCAR in standard...
Silk Road Medical recently announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), through collaboration with the Society of Vascular Surgery’s Patient Safety...
ESVS publishes 2023 guidelines on management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral...
The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has just released 2023 clinical practice guidelines on the management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease....
Perioperative outcomes of carotid endarterectomy not improved on dual versus single...
At the time of carotid endarterectomy (CEA), surgeons should consider single antiplatelet therapy (SAPT) rather than dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). This is the conclusion...
Vascular News 94 – June 2022 US Edition
In this issue:
Community-focused approach required to tackle global issue of unnecessary amputations
Perioperative outcomes of carotid endarterectomy not improved on dual versus single...
Vascular News 94 – June 2022 OUS Edition
In this issue:
Community-focused approach required to tackle global issue of unnecessary amputations
Perioperative outcomes of carotid endarterectomy not improved on dual versus single...
Carotid stenosis in women: Should the approach differ?
The existing evidence on whether women with carotid stenosis experience inferior treatment outcomes compared to men is mixed—and this uncertainty is reflected in the...
Silk Road Medical announces FDA approval of expanded indications for the...
Silk Road Medical recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved expanded indications for the company's Enroute stent to include patients...
Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of January 2022
Breakthrough designation for a new drug-eluting stent from Cook Medical, a meta-analysis on the safety of expedited carotid artery surgery vs. expedited stenting after...
TCAR may be associated with favourable outcomes for treatment of restenotic...
Transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR; Silk Road Medical) may be associated with favourable in-hospital outcomes for the treatment of restenotic carotid lesions after carotid endarterectomy...
TCAR associated with “promising early and late outcomes”, pooled data suggest
A systematic review and meta-analysis has found that transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) is associated with “promising early and late outcomes” in patients with internal...
Compelling outcomes with TCAR versus CEA in patients with carotid artery...
Silk Road Medical has announced that positive results from the ongoing TransCarotid Artery Revascularisation (TCAR) Surveillance Project, comparing TCAR with carotid endarterectomy (CEA), have...
Similar in-hospital major outcomes of TCAR and carotid endarterectomy
Major adverse events in patients undergoing transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) were similar to those receiving a carotid endarterectomy, a study has found, despite the...
New Vascular Ultrasound Registry launched, will initially focus on carotid artery...
The registry will combine noninvasive, vascular ultrasound testing data with vascular treatment and outcomes data, making it possible to analyse the relationships between diagnosis...
ACT 1 subgroup analysis shows benefit of carotid artery stenting for...
New ACT 1 subgroup analysis demonstrates that in female patients the rate of ipsilateral stroke is lower with carotid artery stenting (CAS) compared with...
