The use of intravascular ultrasound during carotid artery stenting provides critical information on plaque vulnerability and stent apposition, potentially reducing the risk of perioperative ischemic complications.
May guide procedural decisions in carotid stenting; hypothesis-generating pending randomized validation.
The preoperative plaque diagnosis and evaluation of plaque protrusion (PP) into the stent lumen after stent placement or postdilatation are very important for the prevention of ischemic complications in carotid artery stenting (CAS). The usefulness of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), which makes these evaluations during CAS possible, is discussed.
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