Carotid angioplasty with cerebral protection and stenting: report of 164 patients (194 carotid percutaneous transluminal angioplasties).
BACKGROUND
The introduction of cerebral protection devices with systematic stent placement has changed the nature of carotid artery stenosis treatment, reducing the immediate periprocedural complications and delayed restenosis.


METHODS
We treated 164 patients with 194 carotid artery stenosis procedures; 92% of them were symptomatic patients.


RESULTS
The morbidity rate of our series was 1.03% and the mortality was 1.9%.


CONCLUSIONS
In the future, carotid stenosis treatment should perhaps be performed as a preventative measure and not used as a cure for full-blown symptoms. This could be effective in reducing the morbidity and mortality rates of this pathology.
Guimaraens
Leopoldo
L
Department of Neuroangiography, Hospital General de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain. neuroterapeutica@retemail.es
Sola
María Teresa
MT
Matalí
Arantxa
A
Arbeláez
Andrés
A
Delgado
Mercedes
M
Soler
Luis
L
Balaguer
Ernesto
E
Castellanos
Carmen
C
Ibáñez
Jordi
J
Miquel
Luis
L
Theron
Jacques
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome