Obstructive carotid artery disease and evidence-based benefits of revascularization / Alfredo M. Lopez-Yu?ez and Jos? Biller -- Historical background: 25 years of endovascular therapy for obstructive carotid artery disease / Klaus Mathias -- Evidence-based efficacy in preventing stroke / Sumaira Macdonald, Trevor J. Cleveland, and Peter A. Gaines -- The global carotid artery stent registry / Michael H. Wholey ... [et al.] -- Current indications of carotid artery stenting / Nadim Al-Mubarak and Gary S. Roubin -- Recurrent stenosis following carotid endarterectomy / Nadim Al-Mubarak and Gary S. Roubin -- The role of multispecialty groups in carotid artery stenting / Michael H. Wholey -- Basic angiographic anatomy of the brachiocephalic vasculature / Nadim Al-Mubarak and Jiri J. Vitek -- Carotid artery access techniques / Nadim Al-Mubarak ... [et al.] -- Procedural techniques / Sriram S. Iyer ... [et al.] -- The direct cervical carotid artery approach / Edward B. Diethrich -- Procedural complications / Nadim Al-Mubarak ... [et al.] -- The risk of embolization during carotid stenting and the concept of anti-embolization / Takao Ohki -- Microembolization during carotid artery stenting / Nadim Al-Mubarak -- Carotid artery stenting with the distal occlusion anti-embolization system / Michel Henry ... [et al.] -- Intravascular filter anti-embolization systems / Goran Stankovic and Antonio Colombo -- The proximal balloon catheter: the parodi anti-emboli system / Mark C. Bates and Juan Carlos Parodi -- Anti-embolizaton protection: illustrative cases and technical pearls / Francesco Liistro and Antonio Colombo -- Restenosis following carotid artery stenting / Fayaz Shawl -- Limitations of current equipment and the future carotid artery stenting device / Horst Sievert and Kasja Rabe -- Elective angioplasty and stenting for intracranial atherosclerotic stenoses / H. Christian Schumacher ... [et al.] -- Current status of clinical trials and implication of anti-emboli protection / Brajesh K. Lal and Robert W. Hobson II -- Statistical and experimental design issues in the evaluation of carotid artery stenting / George Howard, Brent J. Shelton, and Virginia J. Howard -- Clinical investigations and protocols / Christina M. Brennan, Pallavi Kumar, and Gary S. Roubin.