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Filter by:Evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Protege Stent and Spider Device in the treatment of common and/or internal carotid artery stenoses for subjects that are high risk for carotid endarterectomy.
The purpose of this study is to determine how well patients undergoing carotid artery angioplasty and/or stent-supported angioplasty for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis will perform on a battery of tests to assess brain function before and after the procedure. This study will serve as a pilot project: (a) to determine incidence of neurologic/neuropsychometric change in patients undergoing carotid artery angioplasty and/or stent-supported angioplasty, and (b) to ascertain the time it takes for these changes to resolve.
The purpose of this study is to determine how well patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy will perform on a battery of tests to assess brain function before and after surgery as compared to a control group of patients undergoing spine surgery. This study will serve to: (a) determine incidence of neurologic/neuropsychometric change in patients undergoing carotid artery surgery, and (b) to ascertain the time it takes for these changes to resolve.
The purpose of this study is to determine if we can reduce the incidence of cognitive dysfunction — difficulty in performing certain pencil-paper, memory, finger dexterity and thinking type of tasks called neuropsychometric tests — in patients with adult onset diabetes mellitus (DM) undergoing surgery on the carotid artery (CEA). We hypothesize that cognitive dysfunction can be decreased in patients with type II DM by augmenting cerebral blood flow with a shunt during carotid endarterectomy compared to patients with Type II DM who are treated with "conventional" management in which a shunt is placed only if the electroencephalogram (EEG) indicates cerebral ischemia.
This study is being done to determine if the acute administration of the drug Simvastatin reduces plaque tissue inflammation and plaque instability in patients undergoing carotid endarectomy
The purposes of this study are: 1. To provide additional safety and effectiveness information on the commercial use of Protégé™ GPS™ and Protégé™ RX Carotid Stent Systems and the SpiderFX™ Embolic Protection Device. 2. To evaluate rare and unanticipated adverse events. 3. To evaluate the physician level of experience with carotid artery stenting procedures with adverse event rates.
The purposes of this study is to 1) Provide additional information that the commercially available Abbott Vascular Carotid Stent Systems and Embolic Protection Systems can be used successfully by a wide range of physicians under commercial use conditions. 2) Provide an ongoing post-market surveillance mechanism for documentation of clinical outcomes and for possible extension of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage to a broader group of patients.
The primary objective of this study is to assess the outcomes of stenting with distal protection in the treatment of obstructive carotid artery disease. The devices to be utilized are the Cordis PRECISE® Nitinol Stent Systems (5.5F and 6F) and the Cordis ANGIOGUARD™ XP Emboli Capture Guidewire (ECGW).
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of the Xact™ Rapid Exchange Carotid Stent System used in conjunction with the Emboshield® Pro Rapid Exchange Embolic Protection System (Generation 5) and the Emboshield® BareWire™ Rapid Exchange Embolic Protection System (Generation 3), in the treatment of atherosclerotic carotid artery disease in high-surgical risk subjects.
The purposes of the registry are: 1) To provide an ongoing post-market surveillance mechanism to document clinical outcomes. 2) To provide additional information that the RX ACCULINK™ and RX ACCUNET™ can be used safely by a wide range of physicians under commercial use conditions. 3) To evaluate the adequacy of Abbott Vascular's physician training program.