What Is the Role of Transcarotid Artery Revascularization?

S Zarrintan, MB Malas - Advances in Surgery, 2023 - advancessurgery.com
INTRODUCTION Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is generally defined as an acute
neurologic deficit resulting from compromised intracranial blood supply. The CVA is called …

Modality-specific outcomes of patients undergoing carotid revascularization in the setting of recent myocardial infarction

S Straus, M Moghaddam, S Zarrintan… - Journal of Vascular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Recent myocardial infarction (MI) represents a real challenge in patients requiring
any vascular procedure. There is currently a lack of data on the effect of preoperative MI on …

TransCarotid Artery Revascularization Can Be Safely Performed in Patients Undergoing Dialysis

N Elsayed, RS Vasudevan, S Zarrintan… - Annals of Vascular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background TransCarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) has been effectively performed
to prevent stroke in patients with carotid artery stenosis (CS). Prior studies established that …

What Is the Best Technique for Treating Carotid Disease?

A Abdelkarim, M Hamouda, MB Malas - Advances in Surgery, 2024 - advancessurgery.com
Carotid artery revascularization and aggressive medical management are recommended for
symptomatic patients with greater than 50% and asymptomatic patients with greater than …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes of carotid stenting in patients with fibromuscular dysplasia

J Porras-Colon, CK Scott, A Pizano, A Driessen… - Journal of vascular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a noninflammatory arterial disease that affects
the extracranial carotid arteries in young patients. The ideal treatment of FMD has continued …

[HTML][HTML] “TCAR or nothing”: the only options for some complex carotid stenosis

J Forman, JJ Ricotta, JJ Ricotta - Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transcervical carotid artery revascularization has emerged as an alternative to carotid
endarterectomy and transfemoral carotid artery stenting. We present four cases for which we …

A Contemporary Evaluation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services High-Risk Indicators for Carotid Endarterectomy

S Straus, B Barodi, S Zarrintan, D Willie-Permor… - Annals of … - journals.lww.com
Objective: Compare stroke/death outcomes across Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA),
Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR), and Transfemoral Carotid Artery Stenting …

Déjà vu: Plaque morphology revisited

C Rockman - Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2022 - jvascsurg.org
The impact of plaque morphology on the risk of stroke in patients with atherosclerosis of the
carotid bifurcation has been a matter of interest for more than 40 years.. nearly as long as …