Carotid artery stenting : current practice and techniques / editors, Nadim Al-Mubarak ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Al-Mubarak, Nadim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carotid artery--Surgery.

Carotid artery.

Stents (Surgery).

Carotid Stenosis.

Carotid Artery Diseases--therapy.

Embolization, Therapeutic--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Carotid Stenosis.

Carotid Artery Diseases--therapy.

Embolization, Therapeutic--methods.

Physical Description:

xi, 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2004]

Summary:

Both timely and authoritative, this fully up-to-date reference lets you benefit from the knowledge and clinical experience of internationally renowned experts in interventional cardiology and neuroradiology. The authors take you stepwise through illustrated descriptions of the techniques they helped develop and perfect. Coverage includes topics such as clinical outcomes and indications, carotid stenting techniques, antiembolization protection, and intracranial angioplasty techniques.

Contents:

Section I Clinical Results and Indications 1

1 Obstructive Carotid Artery Disease and Evidence-Based Benefits of Revascularization / Alfredo M. Lopez-Yunez, Jose Biller 3

2 Historical Background: 25 Years of Endovascular Therapy for Obstructive Carotid Artery Disease / Klaus Mathias 18

3 Evidence-Based Efficacy in Preventing Stroke / Sumaira Macdonald, Trevor J. Cleveland, Peter A. Gaines 23

4 The Global Carotid Artery Stent Registry / Michael H. Wholey, Nadim Al-Mubarak, Mark H. Wholey, The Interventionalists at the Participating Carotid Stent Centers 39

5 Current Indications of Carotid Artery Stenting / Nadim Al-Mubarak, Gary S. Roubin 48

6 Recurrent Stenosis Following Carotid Endarterectomy / Nadim Al-Mubarak, Gary S. Roubin 61

7 The Role of Multispecialty Groups in Carotid Artery Stenting / Michael H. Wholey 66

Section II Carotid Artery Stenting Techniques 75

8 Basic Angiographic Anatomy of the Brachiocephalic Vasculature / Nadim Al-Mubarak, Jiri J. Vitek 77

9 Carotid Artery Access Techniques / Nadim Al-Mubarak, Jiri J. Vitek, Sriram S. Iyer, Gary S. Roubin 90

10 Procedural Techniques / Sriram S. Iyer, Nadim Al-Mubarak, Jiri J. Vitek, Gary S. Roubin 103

11 The Direct Cervical Carotid Artery Approach / Edward B. Diethrich 124

12 Procedural Complications / Nadim Al-Mubarak, Sriram S. Iyer, Gary S. Roubin, Jiri J. Vitek 137

13 The Risk of Embolization During Carotid Stenting and the Concept of Anti-Embolization / Takao Ohki 153

14 Microembolization During Carotid Artery Stenting / Nadim Al-Mubarak 160

15 Carotid Artery Stenting with the Distal Occlusion Anti-Embolization System / Michel Henry, Antonios Polydorou, Isabelle Henry, Michele Hugel 170

16 Intravascular Filter Anti-Embolization Systems / Goran Stankovic, Antonio Colombo 189

17 The Proximal Balloon Catheter: "The Parodi Anti-Emboli System" / Mark C. Bates, Juan Carlos Parodi 201

18 Anti-Embolization Protection: Illustrative Cases and Technical Pearls / Francesco Liistro, Antonio Colombo 211

19 Restenosis Following Carotid Artery Stenting / Fayaz Shawl 221

20 Limitations of Current Equipment and the Future Carotid Artery Stenting Device / Horst Sievert, Kasja Rabe 243

21 Elective Angioplasty and Stenting for Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenoses / H. Christian Schumacher, Philip M. Meyers, J. P. Mohr, Randall T. Higashida 255

Section III Future Directions 291

22 Current Status of Clinical Trials and Implication of Anti-Emboli Protection / Brajesh K. Lal, Robert W. Hobson II 293

23 Statistical and Experimental Design Issues in the Evaluation of Carotid Artery Stenting / George Howard, Brent J. Shelton, Virginia J. Howard 303

24 Clinical Investigations and Protocols / Christina M. Brennan, Pallavi Kumar, Gary S. Roubin 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781743850

OCLC:

54907026