In a pair of randomized, observer-blinded clinical trials designed to evaluate optimal management of asymptomatic carotid ...

For patients with high-grade carotid stenosis without recent symptoms, the addition of stenting is associated with a reduced ...

Improvements in medical therapy, carotid-artery stenting, and carotid endarterectomy call into question the preferred ...

Most carotid-artery stenting or endarterectomy is done for asymptomatic cases. The large CREST-2 randomized trial now shows ...

The findings of the CREST-2 trial published in NEJM have revealed that in asymptomatic carotid stenosis, endarterectomy offered no advantage over intensive medical therapy in reducing stroke ...

CREST-2 showed that, among patients with high-grade carotid stenosis without recent neurological symptoms, the addition of stenting led to significantly better outcomes than intensive medical ...

An international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that for people with severe carotid artery narrowing who ...

February 1, 2012 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — New results from the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting (CREST) trial show that after 2 years of follow-up, restenosis is infrequent ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio A commonly used stenting procedure to ...

Carotid stenting is a procedure in which a surgeon treats plaque from the carotid arteries and inserts a stent to hold them open. It is a minimally invasive treatment for carotid artery stenosis. The ...

Carotid stent surgery is one of two procedures that can be used to treat carotid artery stenosis. This procedure is considered a less invasive option with a faster recovery time. However, it does have ...

BARCELONA ― Stenting of the vertebral artery ― particularly for extracranial stenosis ― can be performed with low perioperative risk and appears to be associated with a reduced recurrent stroke risk, ...