Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bartuś, Stanisław
• Dudek, Dariusz
• Sadowski, Jerzy
• Dubiel, Jacek S

Titel

Stroke prevention: carotid stenting or carotid endarterectomy?

Ist Teil von

• Przeglad lekarski, 2003, Vol.60 (8), p.523

Ort / Verlag

Poland

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.