Carotid artery stenting without post-stenting balloon dilatation
Therapies Saturday, December 14th, 2013J NeuroIntervent Surg: 9/7/13
Abstract
Purpose To evaluate the clinical outcome and MRI findings after carotid artery stenting (CAS) without post-dilatation.
Methods Between May 2005 and April 2012, a total of 169 consecutive patients (61.4% symptomatic) underwent 176 CAS procedures performed with an embolic protection device (GuardWire, n=116; FilterWire EZ, n=60). All stents were deployed without post-dilatation. Periprocedural complications and mid-term outcomes were analyzed. Read more