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Carotid Angiography
Carotid Artery Anatomy with Angiography
Carotid stents
In the past, vascular surgery was the standard of care for patients with carotid artery disease. Co-existing health conditions preventing patients to have surgical treatment led to the first carotid angioplasty and carotid stenting in 1994.
A carotid stent is a small wire mesh tube, inserted after angioplasty that acts as a scaffold to provide support inside the artery. Although carotid stenting remains investigational, several types of carotid stents are available to use during this procedure.
Patient post carotid surgery
Patient post carotid angioplasty & stent (no neck incision)
There are a variety of stents used for carotid stenting - below are three examples of carotid stents:
CAUTION: These devices are investigational in the United States and are limited by U.S. law to investigational use.
SMART Nitinol Stent
Endotex Carotid Stent
Guidant ACCULINK Carotid Stent System
Carotid stenting filter devices
Emboli protection devices have improved the safety of carotid stenting. Strokes that occur during, or in the first few minutes after, carotid angioplasty and stenting are caused by microemboli (tiny particles in the blood) dislodging and traveling to small distal blood vessels in the brain. Filter devices, combined with antiplatelet medication, provide protection against microemboli. The filter device's microscopic-sized holes allow blood flow to continue as particles are captured in the device. At the end of the procedure, the filter is removed from the carotid artery along with captured debris. The rate of complications, including stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), and death, at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation are about 3 percent.
There are a variety of emboli protection devices (filters) used during carotid stenting - below are three examples:
CAUTION: These devices are investigational in the United States and are limited by U.S. law to investigational use.
Angioguard Emboli Capture Guidewire System
Guidant ACCUNET™ Embolic Protection System Filter Basket Specifications
FilterWire EX™ Carotid Wallstent® Monorail™
Filter device removed with microemboli captured
Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting - before and after angiography
Carotid angiography at baseline
Carotid angiography post angioplasty and stent
Mid-cerebral artery angioplasty and stenting - before and after angiography
Mid-cerebral artery angiography at baseline
Mid-cerebral artery angiography post angioplasty and stent
