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A 39-year old asked:

Who cannot have a carotid stent operation?

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A 34-year old asked:

Can a carotid stent be visible from the outside?

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A 40-year old asked:

What kind of hospital does carotid stenting and endartectomy operations?

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A 30-year old asked:

Can a carotid stent cause me to have a headache due to more blood flow?

1 doctor answer • 8 doctors weighed in

A 45-year old asked:

Should my mom have carotid artery stenting done if she doesn't really need it?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 36-year old asked:

Should my mom have carotid artery stenting done? Wht are the risks with this?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 45-year old asked:

Should my mom have carotid artery stenting done? Is this a high risk procedure?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 46-year old asked:

Can you tell me about carotid arteriogram and stenting after carotid artery surgery?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 36-year old asked:

is stenting or carotid endarterectomy better?

4 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 30-year old asked:

Do stenting procedures for carotids also clean out the existing plaque?

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A 32-year old asked:

Carotid endarterectomy vs stentis: is the stent safer?

2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 33-year old asked:

What's it like to have a stent in either carotid or vertebral artery?

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 39-year old asked:

Can a person have a stent procedure for his carotid and leave the hospital the same day?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 61-year old female asked:

My mom is 90 yrs old with asymptomatic 80% blocked carotid artery . On Aggrenox. BP and chol well controlled. ? Advise surg tX or stent?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 52-year old asked:

Do carotid stents cause strokes?

3 doctor answers • 11 doctors weighed in

A 38-year old asked:

How long do carotid stents generally last?

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A member asked:

What is the definition or description of: Stenting?

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A member asked:

when should you have carotid surgery?

2 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in

A member asked:

What is the definition or description of: Stent?

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A 38-year old asked:

Can you describe the initial signs of a stent closing?

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A 39-year old male asked:

What surgeries are done for carotid stenosis?

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A 35-year old asked:

What are other alternatives to carotid endartertectomy?

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A 52-year old female asked:

What is Carotid Arteritis? What are the systems? What is the treatment?

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A 37-year old asked:

Can carotid bruits go away by itself?

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A 38-year old asked:

Is the sirolimus eluting stent better?

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A 42-year old male asked:

I was done my cardiac stent on 08 sept 2013?

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A 34-year old asked:

What can you detect with a carotid ultrasound?

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A 38-year old asked:

Where should I go to take a carotid ultrasound?

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A 34-year old asked:

What is the difference between a stent and a bypass?

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A 41-year old asked:

What is the usual cash cost of a carotid angiography?

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