The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

Applying ultrasound to help break up thrombus during carotid endarterectomy reduces adverse neurological outcomes in the ...

For patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, sonolysis is safe and results in a significant reduction in the composite ...

Carotid Endarterectomy - For patients with significant carotid artery narrowing with or without stroke-like symptoms, surgery may be recommended. Carotid Endarterectomy surgery involves exposing the ...

Five WVU Medicine hospitals have been recognized in Castle Connolly's inaugural Top Hospitals awards for their excellence in ...

Ultrasonography as a diagnostic modality for the diagnosis and surveillance of carotid stenosis has been a mainstay of clinical practice for decades.12 Ultrasound is non-invasive, does not use ...

This study, "Precision in Stroke Care: A Novel Model for Predicting Functional Independence in Urgent Carotid Intervention ... who will benefit from immediate surgery and who may need 'pre ...

Heparin is the anticoagulant of choice to prevent thrombosis distally to the clamped internal carotid artery during ... to discontinue warfarin prior to surgery depends on its indication.

WVU Medicine Camden Clark has earned quality honors in six areas in the first Top Hospitals award program by Castle Connolly. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals is a recognition awarded to hospitals that ...