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Embolic Protection Devices for Carotid Artery Stenting

Is There a Difference Between Filter and Distal Occlusive Devices?

Ralf Zahn, MD, FESC^_*,_*, Thomas Ischinger, MD, FESC, Bernd Mark, MD^_*, Sabine Gass, MD, Uwe Zeymer, MD, FESC^_*, Wolfgang Schmalz, MD, Klaus Haerten, MD^||, Karl Eugen Hauptmann, MD^¶, Enz-Rüdiger von Leitner, MD^#, Wolfgang Kasper, MD^_**, Ulrich Tebbe, MD, FESC, Jochen Senges, MD, FACC, FESC^_* for the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Leitende Kardiologische Krankenhausärzte (ALKK)

^_* Herzzentrum, Kardiologie, Ludwigshafen
Städtisches Klinikum, Kardiologie, München-Bogenhausen
Städtisches Klinikum, Neurologie, Ludwigshafen
Stadtkrankenhaus, Kardiologie, Worms
^|| Marienkrankenhaus, Kardiologie, Wesel
^¶ Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Kardiologie, Trier
^# Klinikum Siloah, Kardiologie, Hannover
^_** St. Josefs Hospital, Kardiologie, Wiesbaden
Klinikum Lippe-Detmold, Kardiologie, Detmold, Germany

View larger version (33K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Development in the use of different embolic protection devices (PD) over time. Hatched bars = filter embolic protection device; solid bars = distal occlusive embolic protection device; open bars = no distal protection.

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Use of different filter devices.