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[Stroke prevention: carotid stenting or carotid endarterectomy?]
Stanisław Bartuś1, Dariusz Dudek, Jerzy Sadowski
1II Klinika Kardiologii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 31-501 Kraków, ul. Kopernika 17. mbbartus@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Przeglad Lekarski
|February 21, 2004
Abstract:
Carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) has been introduced as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for treatment of carotid atherosclerosis. This paper summarizes benefits and limitations of CAS and CEA, describes the main technical points of CAS procedure, use of protection devices and adjunctive pharmacotherapy to reduce procedure related incidents.