Carotid Artery Stenting

Carotid Artery- the artery on both sides of the neck supply blood to the brain and therefore are very important.Just like in your heart arteries, there can be build up of fat and cholesterol in the walls of the arteries causing carotid artery disease and narrowing.These can be seen with a simple non-invasive ultrasound test done at our office. Narrowing of the carotid arteries can result in stroke when a small plaque can dislodge and then get lodged in the smaller arteries of the brain causing occlusion and no blood flow to that part of the brain. In the past, patients who had significant blockage were treated with a surgical procedure called—Carotid Endarterectomy. Now alternatively, these can be treated without surgery and without need of anesthesia by Carotid Stenting. Dr Shahab is one of few physicians in the country who introduced this procedure in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. Now this procedure is widely available and is accepted as a standard form of treatment. Dr Shahab is a pioneer in this field and has written several papers and presented his research at many major national meetings.

Shawl F A,Domanski MJ, Iqbal AA, and ShahabS T. Safety and Efficacy of Elective Carotid Artery Stenting in High Risk Patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 35:1721-8. 

ShahabS T: Carotid Artery Angioplasty and Stenting – An Alternative to Carotid Endarterectomy. Louisville Medicine; Vol: 47; No 8, Jan 2000. 

ShahabS T: Carotid artery Stenting: Future Procedure of Choice for Carotid Artery Stenosis. Neurology Reviews. August 1998. Shawl FA, Lapetina FL,Kadro WYand Shahab ST: Stent supported Carotid Angioplasty has more favorable outcome in Octogenarians compared to Non-Octogenarians. Circulation 1998, Vol 98, No 17, 1-30. 

Shawl FA, Lapetina FL, Shahab ST, Dukovcic AL.Carotid Stenting in High Risk Patients with Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Acute and Long Term Results. Circulation 1998, Vol 98, No 17. I-484. 

Shawl FA, Efstratiou, Shahab ST, Hoff SB. Stent Supported Carotid Angioplasty. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998. Vol 31, No 2, 454 

Shawl FA, Lapetina FL, Kadro WY and Shahab ST: Stent supported Carotid Angioplasty has more favorable outcome in Octogenarians compared to Non-Octogenarians. Circulation 1998, Vol 98, No 17, 1-30. 

Shawl FA, Lapetina FL, Shahab ST, Dukovcic AL.Carotid Stenting in High Risk Patients with Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Acute and Long-Term Results. Circulation 1998, Vol 98, No 17. I-484.

 Shawl FA, Efstratiou, Shahab ST, Hoff SB. Stent Supported Carotid Angioplasty. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998. Vol 31, No 2, 454