DUPLEX ULTRASOUND EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH CAROTID STENOSIS TREATED WITH STENT IMPLANTATION

Purpose: Duplex ultrasound is presently the standard non-invasive technique to determine the degree of stenosis and has been widely adopted as a screening method of significant lesions. The aim of our study is to evaluate this technique in patients with significant stenosis of carotid arteries (common or internal) treated with interventional procedures and compare to the angiographis results. Methods and Materials: Ten patients (pts) with carotid lesions were evaluated before, immediately after stent implantation and at 6-month follow-up (6-mo FU) by duplex ultrasound (DUS) and carotid arteriography (CA). All le…