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Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center

Offering The TCAR Procedure For Carotid Artery Disease

Minimally Invasive Procedure Center. “We performed the first open heart surgery in the carotid artery to restore normal blood flow to the brain
Palm Beach County at our hospital, and in keeping with
and is still considered the standard treatment for low-risk
Helps Prevent Strokes our commitment to be on the forefront of cardiac care, I patients. With the addition of the TCAR procedure to
believe TCAR is the future of carotid repairs.” Palm Beach Gardens, patients who are considered to be
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is offering a procedure TCAR is unique in that blood flow is temporarily high risk for CEA, now have another option for treatment
to treat carotid artery disease and help prevent future strokes using reversed during the procedure so that any small bits that also lowers their risk of stroke. For more information
a new procedure called TransCarotid Artery Revascularization of plaque that may break off are diverted away from about TCAR, call (561) 622-1411 or go to our website at www.
(TCAR). TCAR (tee-kahr) is a clinically proven, minimally the brain, preventing a stroke from happening. A stent pbgmc.com/vascular.
invasive and safe approach for high surgical risk patients who is then placed inside the artery to stabilize the plaque,
need carotid artery treatment. minimizing the risk of a future stroke.
Carotid artery disease is a form of atherosclerosis, The potential benefits of TCAR include: Swing To Achieve from page 2
or a buildup of plaque, in the two main arteries in the • Helps prevent stroke
neck that supply oxygen-rich blood to the brain. If left • Lower complication risk than a traditional carotid
untreated, carotid artery disease can often lead to stroke; endarterectomy
it is estimated to be the source of stroke in up to a third of • Minimally invasive
cases, with 400,000 new diagnoses of the disease made • Shorter hospital stay
every year in the United States alone. • Faster recovery time
“TCAR is an important new option in the fight • Cosmetic - smaller incision
against stroke, and is a good fit for advancing the Patients also have the option of the traditional open
cardiac services at our hospital,” said Teresa Urquhart, surgical procedure for severe carotid artery, called carotid
chief executive officer of Palm Beach Gardens Medical endarterectomy (CEA). CEA removes plaque from inside

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