Key result
Carotid angioplasty yields satisfactory procedural results but is hindered by neurologic complications and limited long-term data.
Why the study?
Is carotid angioplasty safe for patients with carotid artery occlusive lesions?
Is carotid angioplasty safe for patients with carotid artery occlusive lesions?
This review outlines the historical evolution, risks, and advantages of carotid angioplasty, providing suggested criteria for its clinical application.
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May inform selective use amid neurologic risks; leaves open need for randomized long-term trials before wider adoption.
For 15 years, balloon angioplasty has been cautiously applied to carotid artery occlusive lesions. Procedural results have, by and large, been satisfactory, but the potential for significant neurologic complications and a dearth of controlled studies with long-term follow-up have impeded the development of carotid angioplasty until recently. This review of the literature chronicles the slow but steady evolutionary pace of carotid angioplasty from its beginnings in 1980 to today's shifting focus to the use of stents. Based on these existing reports and significant personal experience, the advantages and risks of endoluminal carotid interventions are enumerated, along with suggested criteria for the application of carotid angioplasty.
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Becquemin et al. (1996) conducted a review in Carotid artery occlusive lesions. Carotid angioplasty was evaluated. Carotid angioplasty has yielded satisfactory procedural results over 15 years, though its development was impeded by potential neurologic complications and a lack of controlled long-term studies.
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