Via: Carilion Clinic
Joe Wright of Wytheville went to his ophthalmologist with a case of pink eye. What Joe, 83, came away with was, in his own words, “a pretty big shock.”
Joe’s eye doctor had discovered a retinal hemorrhage and suspected a blocked artery, referring Joe for further testing. “I didn’t realize eye trouble could mean my artery was blocked,“ Joe remembers. Testing, however, revealed a left carotid artery that was almost 100 percent blocked.
Joe, as it turned out, was a perfect candidate for a less invasive type of surgery called transcarotid artery revascularization, or TCAR. It’s a procedure doctors at Carilion Clinic’s Aortic Center were among the first in the country to perform. Carilion Roanoke Memorial is a TCAR Center of Excellence, boasting one of only a few board-certified vascular surgeons with fellowship training in vascular interventional radiology in the U.S.
Read More: https://reports.carilionclinic.org/medicine-technology/working-against-flow-creates-wonderful-breakthrough?_ga=2.257002955.1321455121.1564769191-1617186008.1564769191
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