Emergency carotid stenting using proximal occlusion and distal filter protection can be safely and effectively performed for high-grade carotid stenosis with unstable thrombus in the acute stroke stage.
May support protected stenting in select acute cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before wider use.
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