title: Carotid stenting in a nonagenarian patient with symptomatic carotid stenosis.
abstract: Carotid artery stenosis is a disabling disease in all age groups. Elderly people are more prone to recurrent strokes due to advancing age and multiple co-morbidities. Treatment options for symptomatic carotid stenosis in the very elderly are the same as in younger patients although with a higher operative risk. We describe a successful case of carotid artery stenting in a nonagenarian with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis, a subgroup for whom treatment options are rarely discussed in guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Ranjan Shetty
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authors.lastname: K
authors.forename: Vivek
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authors.forename: Manoj K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Krishananda
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Umesh
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authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Lorraine
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authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Kushal
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authors.lastname: Naha
authors.forename: Raviraj
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authors.lastname: Acharya