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Carotid angioplasty

The newspapers today reported that Carl Perkins underwent a successful
carotid angioplasty. Does anyone out there have any information on this
procedure. Do they actually push a catheter into the carotid artery and
inflate a balloon? Sounds risky to me.

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  1. admin says:
    January 25, 2010 at 6:35 am

    BobSasser <bobsas…@aol.com> wrote in article
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    > The newspapers today reported that Carl Perkins underwent a successful
    > carotid angioplasty. Does anyone out there have any information on this
    > procedure. Do they actually push a catheter into the carotid artery and
    > inflate a balloon? Sounds risky to me.

    Carotid angioplasty has been studied by national registry and is currently
    undergoing a trial with combined PTA and stenting.  Angioplasty alone seems
    to have a higher complication rate then carotid endarterectomy.  The hope
    is that a stent will provide a lower embolic rate combined with a low
    restenosis rate.  IT is only a hope, but the trial is well underway.

    Gregg Gaylord

    For more info, there are papers in the literature accessable by MedLine
    Search.

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