Elective carotid artery angioplasty and stenting was initiated in the United States in 1994 by the endovascular interventional team at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Carotid stenting was ...

HOLLYWOOD, FL—A distal embolic protection device already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in carotid artery stenting can also be applied safely in patients undergoing ...

Abbott Vascular Devices (Redwood City, CA) received FDA approval earlier this month for its Xact carotid stent and Emboshield embolic protection system. The device is intended to treat carotid artery ...

January 26, 2012 (Hamburg, Germany) — Proximal balloon occlusion provides significantly greater embolic protection during carotid artery stenting (CAS) for internal artery stenosis when compared with ...

In patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a dual-filter embolic protection device enables the capture of debris traveling to the brain in 75% of cases, according to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Three particular stent and embolic protection device combinations used for carotid artery stenting accounted for ...