Interventional treatment for carotid artery stenosis / 介入放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Carotid artery stenting possesses more advantages with lesser damage and pain. From the point of evidence medicine, it could replace the classical technique of carotid endarterectomy as the effective method to manage the carotid artery stenosis. The purpose of this article is to review the issues concerned about the carotid artery stenting. With the accomplishment of many successful clinical large scale experiments carried out by multiple centers ,it is believed that carotid artery stenting will play an important role in the prevention and treatment of cerebral stroke initiated by carotid artery stenosis.