TCAR vascular team

Baptist Health Paducah announced this week it’s become the region’s only hospital to treat carotid artery disease and prevent future strokes using transcarotid artery revascularization. Last month, a vascular team successfully performed the first TCAR procedure at Baptist Health Paducah.

Baptist Health Paducah announced earlier this week it’s become the region’s only hospital to treat carotid artery disease and prevent future strokes using transcarotid artery revascularization, or TCAR.

Hospital officials said the procedure is clinically proven and a minimally invasive approach for high surgical risk patients, who need carotid artery treatment.

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