title: Pro: Carotid angioplasty and stenting will be the first-line interventional therapy for stroke prevention in patients with extracranial carotid occlusive disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. Richard.J.Powell@Hitchcock.org
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002342:Carotid Artery, External; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D015607:Stents; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*