Via: TAPinto
SUMMIT, NJ — Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Medical Center is the first hospital in New Jersey to offer an innovative new treatment for patients at risk for stroke due to blockages in the neck arteries, a condition known as carotid artery disease.
The minimally invasive procedure, called TransCarotid Artery Revascularization or TCAR, utilizes a new FDA-approved neuroprotection system that temporarily reverses blood flow in the artery during the procedure. Dangerous bits of plaque and blood clots that could dislodge and otherwise travel to the brain and cause a stroke are safely diverted away while a dedicated transcarotid stent is inserted to open and stabilize the blockage.
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A company based in California, Silk Road Medical, has worked for more than 10 years with the vascular surgery community to developing the TCAR procedure.
Read More: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/westfield/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/overlook-first-in-nj-to-offer-carotid-artery-stro-7
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