Rajagopal Vivek, Yadav Jay S
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
Indian Heart J. 2006 Mar-Apr;58(2):102-7.
Cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality continue to be a matter of concern to the cardiologists besides adding to the healthcare cost the world over. Carotid atherosclerosis, which has long been managed successfully with carotid endarterectomy, is on the verge of being unpopular with advent of carotid artery stenting, particularly with developments in distal embolic protection devices. This article reviews the findings of several trials on carotid stenting as also their limitations.
除了增加全球医疗成本外,脑血管疾病的发病率和死亡率仍然是心脏病专家关注的问题。长期以来通过颈动脉内膜切除术成功治疗的颈动脉粥样硬化,随着颈动脉支架置入术的出现,尤其是远端栓子保护装置的发展,正面临不受欢迎的局面。本文回顾了几项关于颈动脉支架置入术的试验结果及其局限性。