The recently approved device simplifies operator manipulations by loading a balloon and filter onto the stent.

We are very pleased to be working with NAMSA and leveraging their vascular clinical and regulatory expertise to execute this ...

As shown in fig3, the low radial force of the Carotid Wallstent can result in suboptimal angiographic outcome. The closed-cell design tube stent (X-Act) has the highest radial force in comparison ...

or common carotid artery (CCA). Owing to the superficial location of the ICA, balloon-expandable stent crushing, which could lead to cerebral flow impairment, was observed. [1,2,3,4] Therefore ...

Marvin Slosman, Chief Executive Officer of InspireMD, commented, “With more than 30,000 TCAR procedures performed in the U.S. each year, TCAR is a rapidly growing procedure that represents a ...

On the day before your treatment, you may be asked to withhold some of your blood pressure medication. This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent ...

Coronary artery bypass grafts are the most lucrative cardiology procedures for hospitals nationwide, according to research from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute ...

Michael Dunn expected to hear that he needed major surgery after doctors detected plaque buildup in his right carotid ...

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 ...

Some potential signs may include: headache neck pain eye or facial pain Doctors may treat carotid artery dissection with blood-thinning medications or a stent, a tube that supports the inside of ...