Carotid

Best Revascularization Strategy for Severe Carotid and Coronary Artery Disease

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Carotid artery disease is an important cause of stroke and is associated to...

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Carotid PCI: Safe and Effective?

Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) can prevent recurrent ischemic events in patients with acute or chronic cerebral ischemia....

How Important Is Controlling Risk Factors for the Prevention of a Stroke?

There has been a recent decline of about 20% to 40% in the incidence of cerebrovascular accidents...

Carotid Revascularization After Stroke: When Should It Be Performed?

In 2006, the American Heart Association guidelines recommended that carotid revascularization be performed within 2 weeks of stroke based on data...

When to Intervene a Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis?

Guidelines recommend that carotid endarterectomy be performed within two weeks of stroke in patients with symptomatic carotid...

Carotid PCI at Long Term: Effective in Stroke Prevention?

There are no data outside controlled studies, neither are there long term outcomes, on carotid artery stenting....

Prevention of Stroke: Carotid Artery Stenting or Endarterectomy?

Original Title: Long-Term Outcome after Carotid Artery Stenting. A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study. Reference: Stroke. 2016 Jul 12....

Predictors of Restenosis and Stroke Following Carotid PCI

Original Title: Predictors of Restenosis Following Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting. Reference: Elena Zapata-Arriaza et al. Stroke. 2016 Jun...