EXETER – Core Vascular Surgeons at Exeter Hospital recently performed their first TransCarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) procedure, a minimally invasive and safer approach for high surgical risk ...

ZANESVILLE – Genesis HealthCare System’s vascular surgery team recently completed its 200th TransCarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) procedure. TCAR is a less-invasive method for treating carotid ...

Carotid artery disease is a form of atherosclerosis, or a buildup of plaque, in the two main arteries in the neck that supply oxygen-rich blood to the brain. Carotid artery disease develops slowly and ...

On February 1, the first TCAR (transcarotid artery revascularization) procedure was conducted at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. A TCAR is an advanced procedure that places a stent into a ...

Patients with carotid stenosis at high risk for stroke face a difficult decision. Carotid endarterectomy has for decades been the gold-standard treatment, while the less-invasive carotid stenting has ...