Current Status of Carotid Bifurcation Angioplasty and Stenting

Nadim Al-Mubarak, M.D. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York, New York, New York Max Amor, M.D. Codirector, Cardiovascular Unit, Department of Cardiology, U.C.C.I. Polyclinique d'Essey, Essey-les-Nancy, France Hugh G. Beebe, M.D. Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Director, Jobst Vascular Center, Toledo, Ohio Peter R. F. Bell, M.D., F.R.C.S. Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Leicester, and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England Patrice Frank Bergeron, M.D. Chief, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Foundation Hospital Saint Joseph, Marseilles, France Amman Bolia, M.B.Ch.B., D.M.R.D., F.R.C.R. Consultant Interventional Vascular Radiologist, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England J. J. Connors III, M.D. Director, Interventional Neuroradiology, Radiology Services, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia Edward B. Diethrich, M.D. Medical Director, Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona Gustav R. Eles, D.O., F.A.C.C. Department of Cardiology, Pittsburgh Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Richard D. Fessler, M.D. Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of Neurovascular Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Lee R. Guterman, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery and Toshiba Stroke Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York Isabelle Henry, M.D. Cardiovascular Unit, Department of Cardiology, U.C.C.I. Polyclinique d'Essey, Essey-les-Nancy, France Michel Henry, M.D. Cardiovascular Unit, Department of Cardiology, U.C.C.I. Polyclinique d'Essey, Essey-les-Nancy, France Robert W. Hobson II, M.D. Professor and Director, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey L. Nelson Hopkins, M.D. Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery and Toshiba Stroke Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York Michele Hugel, R.N. Cardiovascular Intervention Unit, Department of Cardiology, U.C.C.I. Polyclinique d'Essey, Essey-les-Nancy, France Sriram S. Iyer, M.D. Interventional Cardiologist and Director of Peripheral Interventions, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York, New York, New York Chester R. Jarmolowski, M.D. Director, Pittsburgh Vascular Institute, and Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Barry T. Katzen, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.V.I.R. Medical Director, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida Patrick G. Khanoyan, M.D. Cardiologist, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Foundation Hospital Saint Joseph, Marseilles, France Christos Klonaris, M.D. Vascular Surgeon, Department of Cardiology, U.C.C.I. Polyclinique d'Essey, Essey-les-Nancy, France Gishel New, M.B., B.S., Ph.D. Director, Clinical Research, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York, New York, New York Takao Ohki, M.D. Chief of Endovascular Programs, Division of Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York Paul Andre Pietri, M.D. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Foundation Hospital Saint Joseph, Marseilles, France Vincent Maurice Louis Piret, M.D. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Foundation Hospital Saint Joseph, Marseilles, France Adnan I. Qureshi, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery and Toshiba Stroke Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York Andrew J. Ringer, M.D. Endovascular Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery and Toshiba Stroke Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York Gary S. Roubin, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.A.C.P., F.A.C.C. Chief, Endovascular Section, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York, New York, New York Walter A. Tan, M.D., M.S. Director of Clinical Research and Staff Interventionalist, Departments of Cardiology and Radiology, Pittsburgh Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Frank J. Veith, M.D., F.A.C.S. Professor and Chief, Vascular Surgical Services, and Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York Jiri J. Vitek, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York, New York, New York Mark H. Wholey, M.D. Chairman, Pittsburgh Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michael H. Wholey, M.D., M.B.A. Chief, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas James Robert Wilentz, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York Jay S. Yadav, M.D. Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OhioFrank J. Veith is the author of 'Current Status of Carotid Bifurcation Angioplasty and Stenting', published 2001 under ISBN 9780824704957 and ISBN 0824704959.