1. Carotid Artery Stenting for Stroke Prevention
Jacqueline Saw, MD 
Canadian Journal of Cardiology 
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages (January 2014)
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Currently available filter emboli protection devices and their characteristics.
Abbott Vascular's Accunet and Nav6 images courtesy of Abbott Vascular © 2013 Abbott. All Rights Reserved. Gore Embolic Filter is reproduced with permission from Gore Medical. ANGIOGUARD XP Emboli Capture Guidewire System reproduced with permission of the Cordis Corporation. © Cordis Corporation Fibernet Emboli Protection Device reproduced with permission from Medtronic. Spider is reproduced with permission from Covidien. SpiderFX is a trademark of a Covidien company. © Covidien. All rights reserved. FilterWire EZ Embolic Protection System reproduced with permission of Boston Scientific Corporation. © 2013 Boston Scientific Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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High–surgical-risk carotid artery stenting registries (30-day death and stroke rates).27-39
ARCHeR, ACCULINK for Revascularization of Carotids in High-Risk Patients; ARMOUR, Proximal Protection With the Mo. Ma Device During Carotid Stenting; BEACH, Boston Scientific EPI-A Carotid Stenting Trial for High-Risk Surgical Patients; CABERNET, Carotid Artery Revascularization Using the Boston Scientific EPI FilterWire EX/EZ and the EndoTex NexStent; CREATE, Cartoid Revascularization With ev3 Arterial Technology Evolution; EMPIRE, Embolic Protection With Reverse Flow; EPIC, FiberNet Embolic Protection System in Carotid Artery Stenting Trial; MAVErIC, Medtronic AVE Self-Expanding Carotid Stent System With Distal Protection in the Treatment of Carotid Stenosis; PROTECT, Protected Carotid Artery Stenting in Patients at High Risk for Carotid Endarterectomy; SAPPHIRE, Stenting and Angioplasty With Protection in Patients at High Risk for Endarterectomy; SECURITY, Registry Study to Evaluate the Neuroshield Bare Wire Cerebral Protection System and X-Act Stent in Patients at High Risk for Carotid Endarterectomy.
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(A) Before carotid artery stenting. (B) After carotid artery stenting.
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