HONOLULU, HI—Results of carotid revascularization with either surgery or stenting stand up well over the long term, with very low rates of stroke through up to a decade of follow-up, new data from the ...

HONOLULU — Carotid stenting and surgery provide similar long-term protection from stroke for symptomatic patients with severe carotid stenosis followed for up to a decade in a pooled patient-level ...

Carotid artery stenting is associated with a higher long-term risk for moderate or higher restenosis than is the surgical procedure of endarterectomy, but this did not seem to translate into an ...

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. The results were ...

While it has been up for debate whether a catheter-based minimally invasive stenting procedure or open surgery is the best treatment for asymptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis, researchers said ...

Interim results of the International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS), now published in The Lancet, suggest that endarterectomy represents a safer treatment option than stenting for patients with ...

(HealthDay)—Bypass surgery is slightly better overall than stenting to open blocked arteries in people with severe coronary artery disease, new research shows. But decisions may still need to be made ...

In a study with the longest follow-up to date of patients with a high-risk form of heart disease known as left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD), researchers found no significant differences in ...

(Reuters Health) - A dispute over how to define a heart attack has prompted some European doctors to back away from the findings of a major study that concluded bypass surgery and stents are equally ...