With a carotid stent, dilation balloon, and integrated embolic protection (IEP) filter for added safety, the system also allows for three steps in one, minimizing manipulation of balloons and stents ...

Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) is a narrowing of the lumen (the inside space) of the carotid artery (usually due to cholesterol deposits called plaque). CAS is responsible for 8% of all strokes due to ...

In the past decade, carotid percutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stenting has become a widely accepted treatment modality for significant carotid artery stenosis in high-risk patients. [1 7 ...

Although carotid angiography can be used for follow-up in patients with carotid artery stenting, most physicians prefer noninvasive evaluation using duplex ultrasonography. The duplex ultrasound ...

Color Duplex Sonography of Occlusion of the Common Carotid Artery with Reversed Flow in the Extracranial Internal Carotid Artery. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 30, 388-391.

A doctor may use a duplex ultrasound to examine how blood flows through a person’s carotid arteries. This imaging test is all that is necessary in most cases.

For both conditions A and B above: Independent neurological assessment before and after CAS must be performed to assess procedural risks. Evaluation of the extent and severity of carotid artery ...

Occlusion (3 studies, 833 carotid arteries): An estimated 606 patients would have a DUS result indicating carotid artery occlusion; of these, 36 (6%) would be incorrectly classified. 394 people with a ...

First, the common carotid artery was located in the longitudinal plane with a linear array probe. The VA was then shown between the transverse processes by the posterolateral movement of the probe.

Hand-held carotid ultrasound has been demonstrated to have good agreement with conventional duplex ultrasound in ruling out carotid disease A hand-held carotid ultrasound device shows an acceptable ...

Objectives To investigate the reliability and agreement of hand-held ultrasound devices (HUDs) compared with conventional duplex ultrasound (HIGH) in examination for carotid stenosis in patients with ...

This study states that As TCARs become more commonly performed, DU criteria need to be established to define 80% to 99% recurrent in-stent stenosis for those interventionalists (like me) who believe ...