TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Carotid and Vertebral Artery Intervention A1 - White, Christopher J. A2 - Samady, Habib A2 - Fearon, William F. A2 - Yeung, Alan C. A2 - King III, Spencer B. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Interventional Cardiology, 2e AB - The era of percutaneous or endovascular revascularization techniques was ushered in by Dotter in 1964, and then advanced by Gruentzig with the invention of the balloon angioplasty catheter. The technique of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has been used in both peripheral and coronary vessels to great success and, in many circumstances, has largely replaced surgical therapy as the treatment choice. The use of PTA in the extracranial carotid circulation began in Europe. In a worldwide survey of carotid intervention published in 1998, the specialty of cardiology was dominant, responsible for more than 60% of all the reported cases. Cardiologists have continued to lead this field with the development of embolic protection devices (EPDs); initially proven in saphenous vein graft intervention, cardiologists are already comfortable using this technology. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146605591 ER -