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CAROTID ARTERY STENTING

A tremendous amount of data has recently been published about Carotid Artery Stenting. CAS is now used throughout the world in various clinical and anatomical situations: what is the current status of this percutaneous therapy?


3 questions for... Horst Sievert
CardioVasculäres Center- St. Katharinen
Frankfurt, Germany
An interview by Bernard Chevalier

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Clinical Videos
How to deal with a soft plaque in asymptomatic patient?
Operators: A. Cremonesi, A. Liso, A. Rizzi
(24 min.)

Clinical Case Clinical Case
How to manage a complex calcified carotid stenosis in a patient with controlateral carotid occlusion and coronary disease?
Operators: A. Cremonesi, A. Liso, S. Rigattieri
(15 min.)

Clinical Case Clinical Case

Webcasts
The current status of CAS - Speaker: W. Gray
- webcast
- slides

After EVA 3S and SPACE, what are the indications of CAS? - Speaker: F. Vermassen
- webcast
- slides

The risk stratification before CAS - Speaker: B. Reimers
- webcast
- slides

A review of CAS complications - Speaker: B. Reimers
- webcast
- slides

Lectures

• A better understanding of carotid plaque through virtual histology?

The CAPITAL trial
P. Margolis


• How to deal carotid artery stenosis in a patient with associated coronary disease?

Revascularisation strategy in patients with coronary artery disease and carotid stenosis: interactive debate
H. Sievert


• Don't forget the end organ: the brain!

Cognitive changes after carotid artery stenting
I. Grunwald
Insights from diffusion weighted MRI with different cerebral protection
G. Schroth


• Protection during CAS: filter selection and filter-related complications

Embolic protection: the influence of filter design
S. Macdonald
How to use a filter device successfully
P. Huppert


• How to select the stent?

Clinical data exist to facilitate my stent selection
T. Cleveland
Stent design is a predictor of complications - Fact!
M. Bosiers


• Is there a role for DES in carotid artery stenting?

Is there a role for drug-eluting stents in supra-aortic vessels?
G. Schroth


• Complications of CAS

Early complications following carotid artery stenting
R. Pacchioni
Classification of different complications during carotid angioplasty and stenting
A. Nicosia
Plaque prolapse, stent thrombosis, dissection. How to manage carotid complications
F. Bedogni


• Three debates in specific situations: How to deal with carotid artery stenosis and controlateral occlusion?

Treatment of a patient with contra-lateral occlusion: carotid artery stenting or carotid endarterectomy
M. Bosiers
Treatment of a patient with contra-lateral occlusion: carotid artery stenting or carotid endarterectomy
F. Moll


• How to manage a young patient with asymptomatic carotid stenosis and no comorbidities?

Treatment of a young patient with no co-morbidities and symptomatic carotid disease: carotid artery stenting or carotid endarterectomy?
F. Vermassen
Treatment of a young patient with no co-morbidities and symptomatic carotid disease: carotid artery stenting or carotid endarterectomy?
J.D. Blankensteijn


• How to manage octogenarians with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis?

Treatment of octogenarians with symptomatic carotid disease: carotid artery stenting or carotid endarterectomy?
P. Peeters
Treatment of octogenarians with symptomatic carotid disease: carotid artery stenting or carotid endarterectomy?
E. Verhoeven


EuroIntervention related contents
• Risk factors for major complications due to delay in surgery in staged carotid stenting and coronary bypass graft surgery

• Proximal protection in carotid artery stenting: rationale and recent findings

• Economic impact of endarterectomy vs carotid artery stenting: a one year, single centre study


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