BACKGROUND: The European Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension registry (CTEPH), conducted between 2007 and 2012, reported the major impact of pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) on the long-term ...

The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been identified as a Carotid Care Quality Champion by the Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® (SVS VQI) clinical registry recognition ...

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 ...

The NHS carries out 2,500 carotid endarterectomies (stroke-prevention operations) annually. Ironically, the procedure could trigger a stroke, although surgeons at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary say the ...