The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

Applying ultrasound to help break up thrombus during carotid endarterectomy reduces adverse neurological outcomes in the ...

For patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, sonolysis is safe and results in a significant reduction in the composite ...

Ultrasonography as a diagnostic modality for the diagnosis and surveillance of carotid stenosis has been a mainstay of clinical practice for decades.12 Ultrasound is non-invasive, does not use ...

Researchers have found in a new trial that Sonolysis Reduces CV Events During Carotid Endarterectomy. The SONOBIRDIE trial, a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study, ...

Carotid endarterectomy is currently considered the standard of care for all patients with severe symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis. However, data regarding the efficacy of this ...

Carotid Endarterectomy - For patients with significant carotid artery narrowing with or without stroke-like symptoms, surgery may be recommended. Carotid Endarterectomy surgery involves exposing the ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the ...