Unprotected carotid artery stenting in modern practice

Conclusions: Patients selected to undergo unprotected CAS in contemporary practice have high rates of adverse pre‐procedure neurologic risk factors. Our propensity‐matched analysis did not demonstrate evidence of significant benefit or harm associated with use of distal filter EPD in elective CAS patients. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - June 27, 2013 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Jay Giri, Robert W. Yeh, Kevin F. Kennedy, Beau M. Hawkins, Ido Weinberg, Mitchell D. Weinberg, Sahil A. Parikh, Joseph Garasic, Michael R. Jaff, Christopher J. White, Kenneth Rosenfield Tags: Original Study Source Type: research