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Tag: TransCarotid Artery Revascularization

TransCarotid Artery Revascularization procedure used for first time at Brooke Army Medical Center
December 19, 2017 — Brooke Army Medical Center took a leap forward for military vascular surgical care Oct. 4 when surgeons performed a TransCarotid Artery Revascularization procedure, marking the first time this procedure to reduce carotid artery stenosis has been used at BAMC... MORE

Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Shane McEntire, a vascular surgeon at Brooke Army Medical Center, shows the device used to perform the TransCarotid Artery Revascularization procedure to Air Force Maj. (Dr.) William Harris, vascular surgeon, and DeAnn Yanez, a nurse in the vascular surgery clinic, Dec. 12, 2017. Surgeons must be specially trained or assisted by someone who has been trained on the device used during the TCAR procedure before they can do this surgery.