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Carotid artery disease: stenting vs surgery

Carotid artery disease: stenting vs surgery

FromHeart podcast


Carotid artery disease: stenting vs surgery

FromHeart podcast

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Marco Roffi from the University Hospital, Geneva. He is the first author of an Education in Heart paper entitled "Carotid Artery Stenting".

They discuss how best to identify patients with carotid artery disease, the role of imaging, when to choose stenting vs surgery and the current ESC guidelines in this area.

Read the full article: http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/13/1059.
Released:
Aug 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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