The ACCF/AHA writing committee to create the 2011 Guideline on the Management of
Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease (ECVD) conducted a …

Background Carotid artery stenting is an alternative to carotid endarterectomy for the
treatment of atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis. This review updates a previous version …

Background Recent evidence from the Safety and Efficacy Study for Reverse Flow Used
During Carotid Artery Stenting Procedure (ROADSTER) multicenter trial in high-risk patients …

Background We previously reported that, in a randomized trial, carotid stenting with the use
of an emboli-protection device is not inferior to carotid endarterectomy for the treatment of …

Background Endovascular treatment by transluminal balloon angioplasty or stent insertion
may be a useful alternative to carotid endarterectomy for the treatment of atherosclerotic …

Background and Purpose—Against the background of a relatively low rate of clinical events
during carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) or carotid endarterectomy (CEA), diffusion …

Background...... 129 Carotid Artery Disease...... 130 Neurovascular Anatomy and
Physiology...... 130 Pathology and Pathophysiology...... 132 Natural History and Risk …

Background: The use of carotid artery stenting with embolic protection has been practiced
for over a decade in the United States, and increasingly so since carotid stenting received …

Purpose: To compare through a systematic review of published literature the stroke
outcomes in protected and unprotected carotid artery stenting (CAS). Methods: PubMed and …

Abstract Background Previously, the Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection of Patients
with High Risk for Endarterectomy (SAPPHIRE) randomized trial showed that carotid artery …