Carotid Artery Stenting: The Basics

✍ Scribed by Rohit Khurana BMBCH, PhD, Philip Teal MD (auth.), Jacqueline Saw (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Series: Contemporary Cardiology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Over the past three decades, carotid artery stenting has evolved to become a promising and viable alternative to carotid endarterectomy, especially for patients deemed to have high surgical risks. In Carotid Artery Stenting: The Basics, Jacqueline Saw and a panel of international experts on carotid artery stenting discuss in depth the details of all contemporary aspects of carotid stenting, while reviewing supporting studies, guidelines, technical perspectives, and peri-procedural management. This textbook serves as a learning resource on the multifaceted management of patients with carotid artery stenosis, with the key focus on extracranial carotid artery stenting. Additional sections detail the specifics of setting up and maintaining a laboratory and discuss the preparation of the carotid artery stenting procedure from both the patient and operator’s perspective. Authoritative and highly practical, Carotid Artery Stenting: The Basics is an accessible guide and valuable resource for today’s cardiologists, radiologists, and vascular surgeons.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 2-2
Carotid Artery Stenosis Prevalence and Medical Therapy....Pages 3-19
Carotid Revascularization: Carotid Endarterectomy....Pages 21-36
Carotid Stenting Registries and Randomized Trials....Pages 37-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Catheterization Laboratory: X-Ray Equipment, Imaging Modalities and Programs, and Radiation Safety....Pages 67-75
Noninvasive Imaging of the Extracranial Carotid Circulation....Pages 77-94
Front Matter....Pages 96-96
Pre-procedural Patient Preparation....Pages 97-109
Patient Selection for Carotid Stenting....Pages 111-120
Operator Training and Accreditation....Pages 121-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Vascular Access: Femoral, Radial, Brachial, and Direct Carotid Approach....Pages 133-148
Aortic Arch and Cerebrovascular Anatomy and Angiography....Pages 149-169
Extracranial Carotid Stent Interventional Approach....Pages 171-192
Equipment for Extracranial Carotid Artery Stenting....Pages 193-213
The Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke....Pages 215-236
Front Matter....Pages 238-238
Complications Related to Carotid Stenting....Pages 239-260
Post-Procedural Monitoring and Follow-Up....Pages 261-268
Back Matter....Pages 269-276

✦ Subjects

Cardiology; Interventional Radiology; Vascular Surgery; Neurology