Difficult Anatomy: What Characteristics Are Critical to Good Outcomes of Either CEA or CAS?

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 216-225

  Schneider, Peter A ^a   Kasirajan, Karthikeshwar ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORONARY STENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA, THORACIC; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36849078668     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Moore W.S. Extracranial cerebrovascular occlusive disease: The carotid artery. In: Moore W.S. (Ed). Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: A Comprehensive Review (2006), Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia 621-622
2. Lam R.C., Lin S.C., De Rubertis B., et al. The impact of increasing age on anatomic factors affecting caroti angioplasty and stenting. J Vasc Surg 45 (2007) 875-880
3. Lin S.C., Trocciola S.M., Rhee J., et al. Analysis of anatomic factors and age in patients undergoing carotid angioplasty and stenting. Ann Vasc Surg 19 (2005) 798-804
4. Dawson D.L., Zierler R.E., Strandness D.E., et al. The role of duplex scanning and arteriography before carotid endarterectomy: a prospective study. J Vasc Surg 18 (1993) 673-680
5. Deriu G.P., Milite D., Damiani N., et al. Carotid endarterectomy without angiography: A prospective randomized pilot study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 20 (2000) 250-253
6. Yadav J.S., Wholey M.H., Kuntz R.E., et al. Protected carotid artery stenting versus endarterectomy in high risk patients. N Engl J Med 351 (2004) 1493-1501
7. Schneider P.A. Selective catheterization of the brachiocephalic arteries. In: Schneider P.A. (Ed). Endovascular Skills. (2nd ed). (2003), Marcel Dekker, New York 90-99
8. Bohannon W.T., Schneider P.A., and Silva M.B. Aortic arch classification into segments facilitates carotid stenting. In: Schneider P.A., Bohannon W.T., and Silva M.B. (Eds). Carotid Interventions (2004), Marcel Dekker, New York 15-22
9. Arko F.R., Buckley C.J., Lee S.D., et al. Combined carotid endarterectomy and transluminal angioplasty and primary stenting of the supra-aortic vessels. J Cardiovasc Surg 41 (2000) 737-742
10. Rouleau P.A., Huston J., Gilbertson J., et al. Carotid artery tandem lesions: Frequency of angiographic detection and consequences for endarterectomy. Am J Neuroradiol 20 (1999) 621-625
11. Sitzer M., Puac D., Buehler A., et al. Internal carotid artery angle of origin: a novel risk factor for early carotid atherosclerosis. Stroke 34 (2003) 950-955
12. Schulz U.G., and Rothwell P.M. Major variation in carotid bifurcation anatomy: a possible risk factor for plaque development. Stroke 32 (2001) 2522-2529
13. Thomas J.B., Antiga L., Che S.L., et al. Variation of carotid bifurcation geometry in young versus older adults: implications for geometric risk of atherosclerosis. Stroke 35 (2005) 2450-2456
14. Vos J.A., Vos A.W., Linsen M.A., et al. Impact on head movements on morphology and flow in the internal carotid artery after carotid angioplasty and stenting versus endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg 41 (2005) 469-475
15. Gronholdt M.L., Nordestgaard B.G., Schroeder T.V., et al. Ultrasonic echolucent carotid plaques predict future strokes. Circulation 104 (2001) 68-73
16. Biasi G.M., Froio A., Dietrich E.B., et al. Carotid plaque echolucency increases the risk of stroke in carotid stenting: The Imaging in Carotid Angioplasty and Risk of Stroke (ICAROS) study. Circulation 110 (2004) 756-762 2004