What is Carotid Angioplasty

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what is carotid angioplasty?
Carotid angioplasty (kuh-ROT-id
AN-jee-o-plas-tee) is a procedure that opens
clogged arteries to prevent or treat stroke. The
carotid arteries are located on each side of your
neck and are the main arteries supplying blood to
your brain.
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Why Undergo Carotid Angioplasty?
Patient is having 70 percent
blockage or more in the carotid artery. This is
especially true in case they have had a stroke or
symptoms of stroke are in good overall health
so as to undergo surgery. For example, this is a
good medical solution for patients who are having
severe heart or lung disease, or have undergone
radiation therapy for neck therapy for neck
tumors.
Ideal for patients where stenosis
(narrowing) in carotid artery is difficult to
access with endarterectomy procedure.

Carotid angioplasty stent
placement procedure may be an appropriate
solution for treatment prevention of strokes in
the following conditions.
Patients who have already
undergone carotid endarterectomy are now
experiencing newer narrowing (restenosis)
following surgery.
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Risks Complications of Carotid Angioplasty
Restenosis New Narrowing of Carotid
Artery Major drawback of carotid angioplasty
procedure is the chance that the patients artery
may re-narrow within months following this
procedure. This is the reason why stents have
been developed so as to reduce risk of restenosis
in carotid angioplasty patients.
Bleeding Carotid angioplasty patients may
bleed at the incision site in the leg where
catheter is inserted. Most often, this simply
results in a bruise, but at times it can result
in serious bleeding may require additional
surgical procedures or a blood transfusion.

Blood Clots Blood clots are also found
to form at times within stents either weeks or
months after carotid angioplasty procedure. These
blood clots may in some cases cause stroke or
even death. It is therefore important for
patients to take aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix) or
some other medication as prescribed by the
cardiac surgeon so as to decrease chances of
blood clot formation within the stent.
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Preparing for Carotid Angioplasty
Ultrasound Scanner is passed over carotid
artery in this examination in order to produce
images using sound waves of the narrowed carotid
artery of blood flow to the brain.
MRA Magnetic Resonance Angiography or
CTA Computerized Tomography Angiography These
examinations are able to provide highly detailed
images of blood vessels, either by using
radiofrequency waves within a magnetic field or
by using X-rays along with contrast material.

Carotid Angiography During this
examination a contrast material which is visible
on X-rays is injected into carotid artery so that
these blood vessels can be seen examined.
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Lifestyle Changes Following Carotid
Angioplasty
Avoid Smoking
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Healthy Weight
Maintaining a healthy body weight is
important to staying healthy. As people gain
weight, their risks for high blood pressure,
diabetes, high blood cholesterol, and heart
disease all increase. 
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Exercise
Exercise is also known as physical activity.
In simple terms exercise is any movement that
works your body at a greater intensity than your
usual level of daily activity. Exercise raises
your heart rate and works your muscles and is
most commonly undertaken to achieve the aim of
physical fitness.
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Lower Cholesterol
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LDL cholesterol. They have other heart benefits,
such as helping to increase high-density
lipoprotein (HDL, or "good") cholesterol,
reducing your triglycerides, a type of fat in
your blood, and reducing blood pressure.
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