Contributors --;Preface --;Foreword: vascular surgery at the start of the twenty- first century --;1 Epidemiology and pathophysiology of carotid artery disease --;2 Histopathology of carotid stenosis: correlation between the types of plaque and the risks of neurological complications --;3 Anatomy and pathophysiology of supra-aortic vessels --;4 Angiographic anatomy of the craniocervical arterial system --;5 What you really need to know about the intracerebral circulation: the importance of collateral circulation assessment --;6 Geometric effects of carotid stents --;7 Imaging of the carotid arteries --;8 Value of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic brain scans for carotid angioplasty and stenting --;9 Doppler ultrasound and carotid angioplasty: carotid ultrasonography and transcranial Doppler --;10 The value of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography before, during and after surgery for carotid occlusive disease --;11 Transcranial Doppler monitoring for emboli during carotid angioplasty and stenting --;12 Methods for the evaluation of carotid stenosis --;13 Ultrasonic carotid plaque characterization --;14 Plaque structure and clinical events: determining which lesions can be stented and the risk of emboli --;15 Importance of carotid plaque characterization before carotid angioplasty and stenting: The ICAROS Study --;16 Role of intravascular ultrasound in carotid angioplasty and stenting --;17 Neurological and neuropsychological evaluation before and after carotid angioplasty and stenting --;18 Cardiac assessment in patients with carotid artery disease --;19 Is carotid surgery still the gold standard in carotid intervention? --;20 Benefits of carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients as proven in prospective randomized trials. 21 High- risk carotid endarterectomy patients: identifying an appropriate population for carotid angioplasty and stenting --;22 Carotid angioplasty and stenting: clinical experience and role of clinical trials --;23 Carotid angioplasty and stenting: current clinical trials and value of randomized trials --;24 CAVATAS: what have we learnt? --;25 A prospective registry of carotid angioplasty and stenting --;26 Candidates for carotid revascularization --;27 Indications and contraindications for carotid stenting --;28 Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis --;29 Identification of patients at risk for periprocedural neurological deficits associated with carotid angioplasty and stenting --;30 Interventional treatment of carotid artery dissection --;31 Management of concomitant coronary and carotid disease --;32 In- stent restenosis after carotid angioplasty and stenting: incidence and management --;33 Angioplasty and stenting in non-acute occlusions of the internal carotid artery --;34 Extracranial carotid aneurysm --;interventional treatment --;35 Carotid stenting for stroke complicating carotid endarterectomy --;36 Practical guide to current practice of carotid angioplasty --;37 Carotid access techniques: an algorithmic approach --;38 Strategies of success for difficult-to-access carotid arteries --;39 Equipment required for carotid angioplasty and stenting: tips and tricks --;40 Carotid angioplasty and stenting under cerebral protection --;41 Different cerebral protection devices --;42 Various in vitro models for the analysis of cerebral protection devices --;43 Dark side of distal protection devices --;44 Cerebral protection: can only the poststenting dilatation phase be protected? --;45 Defining and minimizing the risk of complications during carotid artery interventions. 46 Avoidance and management of complications in cervical carotid revascularization --;47 Optimizing the outcome of carotid stenting: which stent, technique and drug? --;48 Carotid angioplasty and stenting indications for covered stents --;49 Carotid stents: an engineering viewpoint --;50 Prevention of ischaemic stroke --;51 Carotid artery disease in India --;52 Carotid stenosis: medical treatment --;53 Risk factor modification and stroke prevention --;54 Immediate and late clinical outcomes of carotid angioplasty and stenting in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: a five- year prospective analysis --;55 In search of the perfect carotid stent: long-term follow- up comparing balloon- mounted and self- expanding stents --;56 Cervical carotid artery stent placement: review of current status and trends --;57 Carotid angioplasty under cerebral protection with the PercuSurge GuardWire device --;58 Angioplasty and stenting of carotid and supra-aortic trunks using the NeuroShield filter: description and first results --;59 The AngioGuard XP emboli capture guidewire system --;60 Use of the Spider embolic protection device in the endovascular treatment of carotid artery stenosis --;61 Carotid angioplasty and stenting with the MSD filter --;62 Trap filter: description and clinical results --;63 Parodi antiembolization system: description and first results --;64 Carotid angioplasty and stenting with cerebral protection --;65 Updated review of the global carotid artery stent registry --;66 Carotid angioplasty and stenting: the EUROCAST registry --;67 Management of neurological complications from carotid artery stent placement --;68 Endovascular therapy for acute stroke --;69 Stent- assisted revascularization for the treatment of intracranial atherosclerotic disease. 70 Elective endovascular revascularization of the intracranial cerebral arteries --;71 Intracranial stents --;72 The stroke unit --;73 Intracranial stenting for cerebrovascular pathology --;74 Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the subclavian arteries --;75 Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting of extracranial vertebral artery stenosis --;76 Inflammatory arteritis in supra-aortic vessels: endovascular treatment --;Index.
Although carotid endarectomy (CEA) has long been considered the gold standard technique, recent studies report that short- and long-term results with carotid angioplasty and stenting(CAS) are comparable to those with CEA in a significant number of cases. Covering clinical assessment, techniques and devices, medical treatment, and more, Angioplasty and Stenting of the Carotid and Supra-Aortic Trunks reviews the state of the art in CAS. The editors have drawn together a panel of experts to provide an up-to-date snapshot that summarizes current, relevant knowledge about endovascular interventional therapy for carotid disease. They present a broad overview of approaches and techniques, a discussion of protection devices and potential pitfalls, and coverage of methods to reduce potential complications, select and enlarge indications, and improve short- and long-term results. A report from the leading edge of medical science, this resource supplies the cutting-edge information you need to determine when it is appropriate to use CAS.