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

CAS v CEA: Depends: if she can tolerate an operation CEA (carotid endarterectomy) is superior to cas (carotid artery stenting). Cardiologists typically push for cas. While vascular surgeons for cea. As a vasc surgeon, cas is reserved for complicating factors such as hostile neck (radiation), tracheostomy, high bifurcation, poor cardiac or pulmonary reserve.

Talk to: Neurologist first. Will help you decide if medical or surgical treatment needed. The neurologist knows who has good outcomes. As an interventional radiologist, i perform carotid stents several times a week and have very low stroke rate. Need someone with experience. See sirweb.Com for more info.