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Author Al-Mubarak, Nadim

Title Carotid Artery Stenting : Current Practice and Techniques
Published Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (347 pages)
Contents Carotid artery stenting:current practice and techniques ; copyright; contents; contributing authors; preface; section i: clinical results and indications; 1. obstructive carotid artery disease and evidence-based benefits of revascularization; 2. historical background: 25 years of endovascular therapy for obstructive carotid artery disease; 3. evidence-based efficacy in preventing stroke; 4. the global carotid artery stent registry; 5. current indications of carotid artery stenting; 6. recurrent stenosis following carotid endarterectomy
7. the role of multispecialty groups in carotid artery stentingsection ii: carotid artery stenting techniques; 8. basic angiographic anatomy of the brachiocephalic vasculature; 9. carotid artery access techniques; 10. procedural techniques; 11. the direct cervical carotid artery approach; 12. procedural complications; 13. the risk of embolization during carotid stenting and the concept of anti-embolization; 14. microembolization during carotid artery stenting; 15. carotid artery stenting with the distal occlusion anti-embolization system
16. intravascular filter anti-embolization systems17. the proximal balloon catheter: "the parodi anti-emboli system"; 18. anti-embolization protection: illustrative cases and technical pearls; 19. restenosis following carotid artery stenting; 20. limitations of current equipment and the future carotid artery stenting device; 21. elective angioplasty and stenting for intracranial atherosclerotic stenoses; section iii: future directions; 22. current status of clinical trials and implication of anti-emboli protection
23. statistical and experimental design issues in the evaluation of carotid artery stenting24. clinical investigations and protocols; index
Notes Written by internationally recognized experts in interventional cardiology, this comprehensive clinical reference on carotid artery stenting provides illustrated, step-by-step descriptions of techniques and details on indications, contraindications, patient selection, complications, technology, and clinical trials. The first section reviews clinical results and experience, including the CAVATAS trial findings on stroke prevention. The second section describes stenting techniques and includes information from major trials on design and application of devices. The third section presents guidelin
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Subject Carotid artery -- Surgery.
Stents (Surgery)
Carotid artery -- Surgery
Stents (Surgery)
Form Electronic book
Author Roubin, Gary S
Iyer, Sriram S
ISBN 9781469876740
1469876744