TCAR INFO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

TCAR INFO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Crest -30 day all stroke rates-Transfemoral CAS - Answers :4.1%

Crest-30 day all stroke rates- CEA - Answers :2.3%

Crest-30 day all stroke rates- Transfemoral CAS > 75 years - Answers :6.9%

TCAR - Answers :Transcarotid Artery Revascularization

TCAR benefits - Answers :Clinically Proven. Less invasive. More efficient

Roadster 1 and VQi-30 day all stroke rates-TCAR. High risk patient - Answers :1.4%

Cranial nerve injury rates. TCAR - Answers :0.7%

Cranial nerve injury rates. Unresolved at 6 months. TCAR - Answers :0.0%

Cranial nerve injury rates. CEA - Answers :5.3%

Cranial nerve injury rates Unresolved after 6 months. CEA - Answers :2.1%

Crest-30 day all stroke rates- CEA. >75 years. Standard patient - Answers :3.1%

30 day standard patients. Major Stroke. CEA - Answers :0.6%

30 day high risk patients- Major stroke. TCAR - Answers :0.0%

Procedure duration. TCAR Roadster study - Answers :76 minutes

Benefits to hospital and patients. -TCAR - Answers :Shorter Procedure time and
Hospital Stay

Procedure Duration- CEA. Crest study. 1184 - Answers :171 minutes

Carotid artery disease lead cause of - Answers :Stroke

3 avenues for TCAR reimbursement - Answers :TCAR surveillance project, Roadster 2 ,
Crest 2

For TCAR cpt - Answers :37215

Patient-TCAR surveillance project - Answers :High surgical risk +a symptomatic. > 80%
stenosis
High surgical risk +symptomatic. > 50% stenosis