TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - CAROTID ARTERY STENTING A1 - Iyer, Sriram A1 - Roubin, Gary A1 - Olin, Jeffrey W. A2 - Fuster, Valentin A2 - Harrington, Robert A. A2 - Narula, Jagat A2 - Eapen, Zubin J. PY - 2017 T2 - Hurst's The Heart, 14e AB - Stroke is the fifth1 leading cause of death in the United States and represents the single most important cause of long-term physical and intellectual disability. Each year in the United States, approximately 795,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke (87% ischemic, 13% hemorrhagic), and roughly 610,000 (75%) of these strokes are first events. On average, every 40 seconds someone in the United States experiences a stroke; there are close to 130,000 annual deaths related to stroke, and the cost of managing stroke patients in the United States in 2012 was approxinately $33 billion.1 Unfortunately, despite important advances and progress in several areas of medicine, the treatment options for an established stroke are limited and the expectation for reversibility or improvement of stroke-related neurological deficits is both guarded and unpredictable. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161720798 ER -