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An Interview With Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD

Rapid Ambulation After CAS

Achieve reduced hypotensive response, reduced nursing costs, and improved patient comfort.

By Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD

Barriers to Carotid Artery Stenting Dissemination

A look at the factors contributing to the slower-than-anticipated growth of carotid artery stenting in the US.

By Gary S. Roubin, MD, PHD

Endovascular Pharmacology

By Barry T. Katzen, MD

Assessing Carotid Stenting

By Barry T. Katzen, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Chief Medical Editor's Page

By William A. Gray, MD

Conflicts of Interest and Double Standards

Why was Jay Yadav, MD, dismissed from the Cleveland Clinic?

By Takao Ohki, MD, PhD

Applying CREST to Clinical Practice

With further collaboration among specialties and careful consideration of the available data, CAS performed by experienced operators may become accepted as frontline therapy in properly selected patients.

By Chris Metzger, MD

A Summary of the CREST Trial

This trial was designed to meet the need for a sufficient comparison of CAS and CEA for patients with carotid atherosclerosis.

By Rita Coram, MD, and Alex Abou-Chebl, MD

Minor Stroke Versus CNI in CREST

Cranial nerve injury should be included in a 30-day neurological outcomes composite endpoint in carotid revascularization.

By Mandy J. Binning, MD, and L. Nelson Hopkins, MD

Advances in Embolic Protection Devices

Will improvements in EPD design lead to safer carotid artery stenting procedures?

By Samir K. Shah, MD; Naveen Balansundaram, MD; and Daniel G. Clair, MD

Endovascular Repair of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injuries

Anatomic considerations, therapeutic limitations, and clinical outcomes.

By Peter H. Lin, MD; Tam T. Huynh, MD; Joseph S. Coselli, MD; and Kenneth L. Mattox, MD

Carotid Artery Stenting: Does Experience Matter?

An analysis of published series underlines the importance of learning curve and experience.

By Sumaira Macdonald, MBChB (Comm.), FRCP, FRCR, PhD; Jonathan Smout, MBChB, MD, FRCS; and Gerry Stansby, BA, MBBChir, MA, FRCS, Mchir

Advantages and Disadvantages of Distal Protection Filter Devices

A comparative analysis of four current filter designs.

By Mark H. Wholey, MD; Gail M. Siewiorek, BS; and Ender A. Finol, PhD

An Alternative Technique for Complex Aortic Arch Access

Multiple guidewires provide stability for advancement of guide catheters, stent deployment, and filter recovery in cases when tortuosity and complex anatomy make conventional approaches difficult.

By Michael H. Wholey, MD; William Wu, MD; and Boulos Toursarkissian, MD