From 1998 to 2008, 253,651 discharge records with a procedure code for either CEA or CAS were obtained. There was an average of 300 CEA and CAS procedures performed per 100,000 discharges per year.

One hundred CEA procedures, performed in 93 patients, were the clinical basis of this study. These cases were drawn from 122 consecutive separate hospital admissions of 115 patients over two time ...

The carotid arteries are two large blood vessels in a person’s neck. If these arteries become blocked, a person may require surgery, also known as a carotid endarterectomy, to remove the blockage. A ...

Over the past 15 years, we have witnessed a resurgence of surgery for prevention of ischemic stroke. Landmark trials including the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial and the ...

Long-term results from the largest randomized trial of stenting and surgery have shown that the procedures are equally protective against stroke resulting from carotid artery disease. Subscribe to our ...

Vascular surgery appears to be safer than stenting for patients over 70 years of age with carotid stenosis, or a blockage of the carotid arteries in the neck, according to new findings published today ...

Rates of carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid artery endarterectomy (CEA) have decreased in recent years, and for patients who do undergo either procedure, stroke rates are declining, according ...

Carotid artery stenting (CAS) incurs greater expense but provides no better clinical outcomes than carotid endarterectomy (CEA), according to a retrospective single-center analysis published online ...

Carotid artery is the blood vessel that supplies oxygen-rich blood to the brain. Stenosis of this artery leads to impaired blood flow to the brain and altered blood-brain barrier properties, which can ...