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Careful case selection is an absolute prerequisite for safe carotid artery stenting (CAS) practice. All patients being considered for CAS require “overview” anatomic imaging, i.e., from the arch origins of the great vessels to the circle of Willis. This may be achieved by arch aortography, or if there is local enthusiasm and expertise (and bearing in mind that noninvasive imaging modalities have not been validated for assessment of the arch origins), by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CEMRA) or computed tomographic angiography (CTA) (see Chap. 5)
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Williams, R., Macdonald, S. (2009). Patient Selection: Anatomical. In: Macdonald, S., Stansby, G. (eds) Practical Carotid Artery Stenting. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-299-9_7
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