Carotid

A New Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Paradigm? CREST-2 Trial Unified Results

Severe asymptomatic carotid stenosis continues to be controversial seeing the optimization of intensive medical therapy (IMT) and...

New Carotid PCI All-in-One System

Carotid stenting is equivalent to carotid endarterectomy in terms of major adverse events (death, AMI, and stroke)....

PERFORMANCE II Trial: Safety and Efficacy of the New NeuroGuard Carotid Stent System

The percutaneous treatment of carotid artery disease through stenting (CAS) for the prevention of cerebrovascular disease has...

Carotid Endarterectomy vs. Carotid Angioplasty in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients: 30-Day Outcomes

Extracranial carotid artery disease represents 15 to 20% of all strokes. Carotid revascularization plays a role in...

Mild or Intermediate Symptomatic Carotid Lesions: What we need to know about plaque

Ischemic stroke is the main reason behind disability in the world, and it is often followed by...

Symptomatic Carotid Arteries: Early or Late Emergency Revascularization?

Carotid endarterectomy continues to be the safest technique for emergency revascularization. However, 48 hours after index event,...

Asymptomatic Carotid Lesions and Cognitive Impairment: Does Intervention Play a Role?

This study was designed to determine the effect of carotid endarterectomy/angioplasty on early (baseline vs. 3 months) and...

ESC 2021 | ACST-2: CAS vs Endarterectomy in Asymptomatic Patients

The ACST-2 was designed to compare long-term outcomes of carotid artery stenting (CAS) vs carotid endarterectomy (CEA)...