Embolic protection devices

Clinical outcomes and the impact of embolic protection devices... 

Careful attention must be paid to the segment of the ICA that contained the EPD. Rarely, the embolic protection device causes a dissection in the distal ICA. The risk of this complication is probably greater with balloon-occlusive devices then... 

Cremonesi A, Manetti R, Setacci F Setacci C, Castriota F Protected carotid stenting clinical advantages and complications of embolic protection devices in 442 consecutive patients. Stroke 2003 34 1936-1941. 

Zahn R, Mark B, Niedermaier N, et al. Embolic protection devices for carotid artery stenting better results than stenting without protection Eur Heart J 2004 25 1550-1558. 

G. Sangiorgi and A. Colombo, Embolic protection devices, Heart 89,990-992 (2003). 

D. S. Baim, D. Wahr, B. George, M. B. Leon, J. Greenberg, D. E. Cutlip, U. Kaya, J. J. Popma, K. K. L. Ho and R. E. Kuntz, Randomized trial of a distal embolic protection device during percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein aorto-coronary bypass grafts, Circulation 105, 1285-1290 (2002). 

Ravandi A, Harkewicz R, Leibundgut G. Identification of oxidized phospholipids and cholesteryl esters in embolic protection devices post percutaneous coronary, carotid and peripheral interventions in humans (abstr). Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, Scientific Sessions. April 28-30, 2011 Chicago, IL. 

Murayama Y, Vinuela F, Tateshima S, Vinuela F Jr, Akiba Y (2000) Endovasculartreatment of experimental aneurysms by use of a combination of liquid embolic agents and protective devices. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 21 1726-1735... 

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