Hackensack Meridian Health Offers Innovative Treatment of Carotid Artery Disease

Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center are just two of only a few hospitals in the country and two of only three hospitals in New Jersey to offer an innovative new treatment that dramatically reduces the risk of stroke in patients with blocked carotid arteries. TCAR employs a new FDA-approved neuroprotection system that temporarily reverses blood flow in the artery during the procedure to prevent dangerous plaque from traveling to the brain and causing a stroke. M. Usman Nasir Khan, M.D., FACS, chief of vascular surgery at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, is one of three credentialed physicians in New Jersey to perform TCAR.

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