Dieser Artikel soll eine Übersicht der aktuellen diagnostischen und therapeutischen Strategien zur Behandlung zerebrovaskulärer, insbesondere atherosklerotischer Erkrankungen liefern.
Carotid occlusive disease is responsible for a significant proportion of major adverse cardiovascular events (death, stroke, myocardial infarction). Effective prevention by means of revascularization is a sufficient treatment, if performed at a center ...
Background: Endovascular therapy of carotid artery disease has emerged as a potential alternative to endarterectomy and its clinical practise dramatically increased in many parts of the world. This study aims to determine the safety and mid-term outcome ...
Carotid artery stenting has been advocated as an effective alternative to carotid endarterectomy. Periprocedural embolization of debris during endovascular treatment of carotid artery disease may result in neurological deficit. Different strategies are ...
Abstract. This overview analyses gender differences in prevalence, epidemiology, risk factors and therapy in patients with carotid stenosis in a systematic review. Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death in Western society, where about 20% of cases ...
Abstract. Background: Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is currently used as an alternative treatment to carotid endarterectomy (CEA). The objective of this study was to analyse our 5-year experience performing CAS. Secondarily, we sought to determine ...
Abstract.Background: After carotid artery stenting (CAS), neurological complications that cannot be explained with imaging methods may develop. In our study we aimed to show, using oxidative stress markers, ...
Abstract. Though carotid artery stenosis is a known origin of stroke, risk assessment and treatment modality are not yet satisfactorily established. Guideline updates according to latest evidence are expected ...
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management of Carotid Artery DiseaseAbstract. A quarter of all ischemic strokes is caused by atherosclerotic obliterations of the extra- and intracranial brain-supplying vessels. The ...