Elective carotid artery angioplasty and stenting was initiated in the United States in 1994 by the endovascular interventional team at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Carotid stenting was ...

HOLLYWOOD, FL—A distal embolic protection device already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in carotid artery stenting can also be applied safely in patients undergoing ...

January 26, 2012 (Hamburg, Germany) — Proximal balloon occlusion provides significantly greater embolic protection during carotid artery stenting (CAS) for internal artery stenosis when compared with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Three particular stent and embolic protection device combinations used for carotid artery stenting accounted for ...

In the United States, carotid artery stenting (CAS) for symptomatic and asymptomatic disease is associated with low adverse event rates across a wide range of institutions using 3 specific ...