Edited by
JACQUELINE SAW
J. EMILIO EXAIRE
DAVID S. LEE
JAY S. YADAV

2007

Since the first carotid angioplasty that was performed in 1980, this technique has undergone tremendous modifications and improvements. Stents for the carotid artery were utilized in the early 1990s, and emboli protection devices were introduced about 2000.