Background This review examines the history, incidence, aetiology and pathology of
recurrent carotid stenosis, and assesses the methods and results of managing patients with …

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of intravascular stents in the
treatment of extracranial carotid artery occlusive disease. Methods: According to protocol …

A technique for safe angioplasty of atherosclerotic stenosis of internal and common carotid
arteries is described in which temporary balloon occlusion of the internal carotid artery is …

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has become an established treatment for
peripheral renal and coronary vascular disease, where the success rate approaches 90 …

Purpose: To report the results of balloon angioplasty in recurrent carotid occlusive disease
and evaluate the potential for stent implantation. Methods and Results: Between April 1991 …

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is being extensively applied to treat
arteriosclerotic lesions. However, this application has not been widely accepted for the …

Object. Treatment consisting of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stent
placement has recently been proposed as an alternative to surgical reexploration in patients …

BACKGROUND: Carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) for recurrent stenosis after carotid
endarterectomy (CEA) has been proposed as an alternative to redo CEA. Although early …

Object. To determine the rate of hemodynamically significant recurrent carotid artery (CA)
stenosis after stent-assisted angioplasty for CA occlusive disease, the authors analyzed …

Stroke, either ischemic or hemorrhagic, remains the second commonest cause of death
worldwide in the last decade. Etiologies for ischemic stroke (IS) vary widely …