Angioplasty and Stenting of the Carotid and Supra-Aortic Trunks

Contents:
Section I: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Natural History,
Histopathology
1. Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Carotid Artery Disease 2.
Histopathology of Carotid Stenosis: Correlation Between the
Types of Plaque and the Risks of Neurological Complications
Section II: Supra-aortic Arteries: Anatomy, Radiological Anatomy
3. Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Supra-aortic Vessels 4.
Angiographic Anatomy of the Craniocervical Arterial System 5.
What You Really Need to Know About the Intracerebral
Circulation: the Importance of Collateral Circulation Assessment
Section III: Imaging Techniques
6. Geometric Effects of Carotid Stents 7. Imaging of the Carotid
Arteries 8. Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed
Tomographic Brain Scans for Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting 9.
Doppler Ultrasound and Carotid Angioplasty: Carotid
Ultrasonography and Transcranial Doppler 10. The Value of
Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography Before, During and After
Surgery for Carotid Occlusive Disease 11. Transcranial Doppler
Monitoring for Emboli During Carotid Artery Stenting 12. Methods
for the Evaluation of Carotid Stenosis 13. Ultrasonic Carotid
Plaque Characterization 14. Plaque Structure and Clinical
Events: Determining which Lesions can be Stented and the Risk of
Emboli 15. Importance of Carotid Plaque Characterization Before
Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting: The ICAROS Study 16. Role of
Intravascular Ultrasound in Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
Section IV: Clinical Assessment
17. Neurological and Neuropsychological Evaluation Before and
After Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting 18. Cardiac Assessment in
Patients with Carotid Artery Disease
Section V: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Surgery
19. Is Carotid Surgery still the Gold Standard in Carotid
Intervention? 20. The Benefits of Carotid Endarterectomy for
Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients as Proven in Prospective
Randomized Trials 21. High-risk Carotid Endarterectomy Patients:
Identifying an Appropriate Population for Carotid Angioplasty
and Stenting
Section VI: Clinical Trials
22. Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting: Clinical Experience and
Role of Clinical Trials 23. Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting:
Current Clinical Trials and Value of Randomized Trials 24.
CAVATAS: What Have We Learnt? 25. A Prospective Registry of
Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
Section VII: Indications for Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
26. Candidates for Carotid Revascularization 27. Indications and
Contraindications for Carotid Stenting 28. Asymptomatic Carotid
Artery Stenosis 29. Identification of Patients at Risk for
Periprocedural Neurological Deficits Associated with Carotid
Angioplasty and Stenting 30. Interventional Treatment of Carotid
Artery Dissection 31. Management of Concomittant Coronary and
Carotid Disease 32. In-stent Restenosis After Carotid
Angioplasty and Stenting: Incidence and Management 33.
Angioplasty and Stenting in Non-acute Occlusions of the Internal
Carotid Artery 34. Extracranial Carotid Aneurysm: Interventional
Treatment 35. Carotid Stenting for Stroke Complicating Carotid
Endarterectomy
Section VIII: Technique Devices
36. Practical Guide to Current Practice of Carotid Angioplasty
37. Carotid Access Techniques: an Algorithmic Approach 38.
Strategies of Success for Difficult-to-access Carotid Arteries
39. Equipment Required for Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting:
Tips and Tricks 40. Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting Under
Cerebral Protection 41. Different Cerebral Protection Devices
42. Various in vitro Models for the Analysis of Cerebral
Protection Devices 43. Dark Side of Distal Protection Devices
44. Cerebral Protection: Can Only the Poststenting Dilatation
Phase be Protected? 45. Defining and Minimizing the Risk of
Complications During Carotid Artery
Interventions 46. Avoidance and Management of Complications in
Cervical Carotid Revascularization 47. Optimizing the Out