Subclinical ischemic events in patients undergoing carotid artery stent placement: comparison of proximal and distal protection techniques.
Emrah AytaçErdem GürkaşCetin Kursad AkpinarMuhammad A SaleemAdnan I QureshiPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2016)
We found a relatively high rate of new ischemic lesions in patients undergoing CAS with cerebral protection. There was no difference in the proportion of patients with new lesions between patients treated using distal protection and those treated using proximal protection.