Received:2005-10-25Correspondenceto:WangYi-ging,Tel:0592-2292207,E-mail:wang_gi-na@163
comSafetyandefficacyofcarotidarterystentingWANGYi-ging1,DavidHoSaiwah2,WANGYan1,ZHENGJian-tao1,JIANGHong-fei1,CHENBing-huang11HeartCenter,ZhongshanHospitalAffiliatedtoXiamenUniversity,TeachingHospitalofFujianMedicalUniversity,Xiamen361004,China;2OueenMaryHospital,HongKong852,ChinaAbstract:ObjectiveToevaluatethesafetyandefficacyofcarotidarterystenting(CAS)
MethodsWeprospectivelyevaluat-edthesafetyandefficacyof76carotidarterystenting(CAS)proceduresinaconsecutiveseriesof70Chinesepatients
Thisseriesrepresentedahigh-riskgroupthatincludedpatientswithunstableangina,previousipsilateralCEA,contralateralcarotidarteryocclusion,post-radiationcarotidarterystenosisandothersevereco-morbidconditions
Thepatientshadindepe