Fewer than 1 in 15 US patients undergoing elective CAS are treated using proximal rather than distal embolic protection, according to a registry study published in the April 2015 issue of JACC: ...

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October 3, 2011 (Milan, Italy) — Crossing the lesion to provide distal protection during carotid artery stenting results in a higher rate of cerebral microembolization compared with a proximal ...

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot forms in a large (deep) vein. Proximal DVTs occur in deep veins above the knee and isolated, distal DVTs can occur when smaller blood clots form in ...

This article originally posted on June 22, 2016. It was updated on May 29, 2024. When designing machines, an understanding of anatomical terms such as medial and lateral, proximal and distal, and ...