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 ...

Say the word “ubiquitous” repeatedly. Each time, you’ll make a U sound and then press the lips together to breathe out a B sound. Which quickly gets cut off by a KW consonant cluster that gives way ...

The most common surgical therapy following TIA is CE for eligible candidates. The benefit of carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic patients with severe (70% 99%) carotid stenosis has been known ...

Cordis Angioguard RX Emboli Capture Guidewire System Filter Distal Indicated for use as a guidewire and EPS to contain and remove embolic material (thrombus/debris) while performing carotid artery ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...