Since these important studies were published, we have seen a shift in managing carotid stenosis from CEA to carotid artery stenting (CAS). Several trials have demonstrated equivalence or non ...

35.1% for patients in the stent group versus 35.8% for patients in the medical-treatment group (HR 0.94, CI 0.76-1.17, p=0.58) There were also no significant differences in the individual ...

Atherosclerotic renal-artery stenosis is a common problem in the elderly. Despite two randomized trials that did not show a benefit of renal-artery stenting with respect to kidney function, the use ...

In this trial, we compared carotid-artery stenting with embolic protection and carotid endarterectomy in patients 79 years of age or younger who had severe carotid stenosis and were asymptomatic ...

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Key takeaways: A carotid stenting system had few adverse events for patients with carotid artery stenosis. The stroke rate was the lowest seen at 1 year in a carotid artery stenting pivotal trial ...

Herbert Weinberg of Westlake Village, Calif., 88, is doing well after Dev implanted a stent in his carotid artery earlier this month. Weinberg’s carotid artery was 80 percent to 90 percent blocked.

Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2021: Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke in asymptomatic patients with severe carotid artery ...

So the portal vein feeds the normal liver; the hepatic artery feeds the metastases. So this way, we can put medicines directly into the hepatic artery and they go to the tumor, and that's why it's ...

Carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy are used to treat patients with severe carotid stenosis to reduce the risk of stroke. Stenting, a less invasive procedure than endarterectomy ...

More recent case series of renal artery stent revascularization report a hypertension cure/blood pressure improvement in 56–66%. [52–57] Several authors report resolution of hypertension in 7 ...