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CREST-2: Stenting Benefits Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
Added: 1 week ago Source:  Radcliffe Vascular
The optimal management for asymptomatic carotid stenosis has been a subject of debate, particularly with advancements in medical therapy. New findings from the Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Trial (CREST-2) provide clarity, suggesting a benefit for carotid-artery stenting when added to intensive medical management.¹MethodologyCREST-2 involved… View more

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CREST-2: Stenting Benefits in Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
Added: 3 weeks ago Source:  Radcliffe Vascular
The optimal management for patients with high-grade asymptomatic carotid stenosis remains a key clinical question, particularly with advancements in medical therapy and revascularisation techniques. The CREST-2 trials were designed to assess whether adding revascularisation to intensive medical management provides a greater benefit than intensive medical management alone in this patient… View more

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Job title: Director
Dr AntonioP Gasparis is a Professor of Surgery, Director - Center for Vein Care, Medical Director at Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, Medical Director at Bellavie MedSpa, Director at Phlebology Fellowship - Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, US. Dr Gasparis obtained his medical degree from SUNY-Syracuse in 1996 and his residency in general surgery. Clinical Interests… View more
Job title: Professor of Surgery
Dr Antonios P Gasparis ia a Professor of Surgery, Director - Center for Vein Care, Medical Director at Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, Medical Director at Bellavie MedSpa, Director at Phlebology Fellowship - Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, US. Dr Gasparis obtained his medical degree from SUNY-Syracuse in 1996 and his residency in general surgery. Dr Antonios… View more
Harold Welch | Vacular Surgery
Research Area(s) / Expertise:

Venous Disease - General

Carotid Artery Disease

Vascular Disease and Surgery

 Job title: Vascular Surgeon
Dr Harold Welch is a vascular surgeon at The Vascular Care Group, Hyannis, MA. He is from Albany, N.Y.1 In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, reading historical nonfiction, playing golf and fishing.1 Academic History Dr Welch received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 1979 and then his MD from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1983. He… View more
ESC 25: The CARUSO Trial
Author(s): Tiziana Claudia Aranzulla Added: 5 months ago
ESC Congress 2025 - Evolocumab on top of lipid lowering therapy(LLT) reduced adverse vascular events at 12 months.Dr Tiziana Claudia Aranzulla (Mauriziano Umberto Hospital, Turin, IT) joins us to discuss findings from CARUSO (NCT04730973). The trial aimed to assess the efficacy of evolocumab with traditional LLT compared to traditional LTT alone in the stabilisation and regression of carotid… View more

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Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Dr Andrew Bullen is an endovascular and vascular surgeon at Wollongong Public Hospital, Australia. Dr Bullen completed his specialist medical training in Sydney after gaining experience nationally and internationally at several world-renowned vascular and trauma centres. He is an associate lecturer and examiner for the University of New South Wales, contributes to the surgical sciences… View more
Job title: Consultant
Job title: Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Dr Mert Dumantepe is an Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at Acibadem University School of Medicine, Turkey. He completed his graduation from Istanbul University School of Medicine, Turkey in 2001. He did a fellowship in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary endarterectomy and the heart transplantation and mechanical asist device programme at the University of… View more
Mehdi Shishehbor
Research Area(s) / Expertise:

Peripheral Artery Disease - General

 Job title: DO, MPH, PhD
Dr Mehdi Shishehbor is an interventional cardiologist at the Harrington Heart Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. His research interests include vascular medicine, minimally invasive procedures for coronary, carotid and abdominal aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease and venous disease. View more