Research Catalog

Title

Carotid artery stenosis : current and emerging treatments / edited by Seemant Chaturvedi, Peter M. Rothwell.

Publication

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis Group, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Chaturvedi, Seemant.
• Rothwell, Peter M.

Description

xvii, 359 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Neurological disease and therapy ; 72

Uniform Title

Neurological disease and therapy ; v. 72.

Subject

• Cerebrovascular disease
• Carotid artery > Diseases
• Arteries > Stenosis
• Carotid Stenosis > therapy
• Vascular Surgical Procedures > trends

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction / Peter M. Rothwell and Seemant Chaturvedi -- 2. Epidemiology of carotid artery stenosis / Robert Cote and Jeffrey Minuk -- 3. Pathophysiology / Hugh Markus -- 4. Carotid imaging - is angiography still needed? / David Pelz -- 5. Carotid imaging : use of ultrasound / Michael G. Hennerici and Michael Daffertshofer -- 6. Antithrombotic therapy for carotid artery stenosis / Seemant Chaturvedi -- 7. Stroke prevention, blood cholesterol, and statins / Pierre Amarenco, Philippa Lavallee and Pierre-Jean Touboul -- 8. Management of hypertension in carotid stenosis / J. David Spence -- 9. Hyperhomocyst(e)inemia and carotid atherosclerosis / Houta S. Sabet and L. Creed Pettigrew -- 10. Diet in the management of patients with carotid stenosis / J. David Spence -- 11. Angiogenesis and angiogenic growth factors as future therapies for cerebrovascular disease / Brian H. Annex and Christopher D. Kontos -- 12. What are the current operative risks of carotid endarterectomy? / Peter M. Rothwell -- 13. Benefits of endarterectomy for recently symptomatic carotid stenosis / Peter M. Rothwell -- 14. Management of carotid artery disease : carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis / Graeme J. Hankey -- 15. Surgical controversies / A. Ross Naylor -- 16. Symptomatic carotid artery occlusion : extracranial intracranial bypass and other treatment options / Catharina J. M. Klijn and L. Jaap Kappelle -- 17. Stenting for symptomatic stenosis / Lucy Coward and Martin M. Brown -- 18. Stenting for asymptomatic stenosis / Mark K. Borsody and Seemant Chaturvedi -- 19. Angioplasty and stenting for non-atherosclerotic diseases of the carotid artery / Kumar Rajamani and Seemant Chaturvedi -- 20. Controversies in endovascular therapy for carotid artery stenosis / Andrew R. Xavier, Catalina C. Ionita, Jawaad F. Kirmani and Adnan I. Qureshi.

ISBN

0824754174 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005050272
• 9780824754174

OCLC

• ocm60605299
• SCSB-5206968

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries