Researchers have found in a new trial that Sonolysis Reduces CV Events During Carotid Endarterectomy. The SONOBIRDIE trial, a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study, ...

For patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, sonolysis is safe and results in a significant reduction in the composite incidence of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, and death within 30 ...

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

Endarterectomy (also called carotid endarterectomy, carotid artery surgery) is a surgical procedure used to open a blocked or narrowed carotid artery located in the neck. This procedure is used to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dextran is commonly used after endarterectomy to prevent platelet adherence to the endarterectomy site. Although dextran has been demonstrated to reduce emboli detected on TCD ultrasonography ...