Bridgeport Hospital - Healthy & Wise - 2025 | Issue 1

Nancy Earel, a retired nurse, is familiar with matters of the heart. It started a few years ago with atrial fibrillation, an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm that can lead to blood clots and increase the risk of stroke, heart failure and other related complications. 

After a long afternoon on the soccer, baseball or lacrosse field, nobody wants to take a hard fall, tearing ligaments in their knees, dislocating their shoulders – or worse. For athletes of all skill levels, the next stop for medical care will largely depend on the injury itself.

Joseph Glorioso had no idea what TCAR was, but he was more than pleased that his vascular surgeon did. This newer procedure for treating transcarotid artery revascularization – or TCAR for short – is less invasive than traditional methods in minimizing the risk of future stroke in patients at high risk for severe carotid artery disease.