Carotid Artery Disease

Dr. Cynthia K. Shortell is a Professor of Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine, former Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, and Executive Vice Chair for the Department of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. For decades, Dr. Shortell has worked relentlessly to advance the management of patients with carotid artery disease. Nationally, Dr. Shortell holds numerous distinguished recognitions, serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Vascular Surgery and is an elected member of many national and international societies and organizations, including the Society for Vascular Surgery, and the International Society of Surgery.Dr. Jovan N. Markovic is a staff MD at Duke University School of Medicine and Medical Center, where during his specialization in general surgery, he became extensively involved in advancing the care of patients with complex vascular disorders. Dr. Markovic currently serves as a key reviewer for the Journal of Vascular Surgery and has published books, numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed studies, and national and international guidelines on the treatment of patients with vascular disorders.

• 1. Carotid artery disease: Epidemiology and socioeconomic burdenTodd E. Rasmussen and Richard T. Rogers2. Etiology, risk factors, and pathophysiology of carotid artery stenosisCarly Therese Thaxton and Alan Dardik3. Atherosclerosis, and morphology and stability of carotid artery plaqueDaniyal N. Mahmood and Thomas L. Forbes4. Clinical evaluation and indications for screening in patients with carotid artery diseaseLori Pounds and Kevin Engledow5. Evaluation of carotid artery stenosis: Imaging modalitiesYa Yuan Rachel Leung, Osian Llwyd, Kamran Asim Gaba and Dominic P.J. Howard6. Management of patients with asymptomatic carotid diseaseYoung Kim7. Management of patients with symptomatic carotid diseaseJustin M. Robbins, Anil Hingorani and Enrico Ascher8. Treatment of carotid artery stenosis in patients with strokeAmber Kernodle and Michael Belkin9. Treatment considerations in patients with combined carotid and coronary artery diseaseDennis I. Narcisse and Manesh R. Patel10. Management of internal carotid artery occlusionArash Fereydooni and Jason T. Lee11. Carotid and vertebral artery disease in the presence of concurrent disease of the supraaortic vesselsA. Ross Naylor12. Carotid endarterectomy—Operative techniquesAli F. AbuRahma and Zachary T. AbuRahma13. Trans-carotid artery revascularizationSai Divya Yadavalli and Marc L. Schermerhorn14. Transfemoral carotid artery stenting—Patient selection and operative techniqueCalvin L. Chao and Mark K. Eskandari15. Neurovascular protection strategies and intraoperative monitoring during carotid artery surgeryRandall A. Bloch and Mark F. Conrad16. Carotid artery fibromuscular dysplasia, carotid body tumor and carotid sinus syndrome—Diagnosis and treatmentRym El Khoury and Peter A. Schneider17. Carotid artery dissection, aneurysms, webs, coiling and kinkingWesley S. Moore and Mark J. Ajalat18. Carotid inflammatory angiopathies: Diagnosis and managementLi Ting Tan and Caitlin Hicks19. Radiation induced carotid artery stenosis: Diagnosis and managementBiraaj M. Mahajan and Young M. Erben20. Management of carotid artery traumaChanna B. Blakely, Mitchell W. Cox and Michael B. Silva