Page 12 - Southern Exposure - May '21

Page 12, Southern Exposure

Medical MatterS

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Offering

The TCAR Procedure For Carotid Artery Disease

Minimally Invasive Procedure Helps Prevent Strokes

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