Tailored Approach to Stenting, Surgery Comparable for Stroke Prevention
January 31, 2011|Hospitalist News (Archived)
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Major Finding: The composite primary end point of stroke or death within 30 days of the procedure and any later ipsilateral stroke occurred in 2.8% of patients treated with carotid artery stenting and 2.0% of those treated with carotid endarterectomy.
Data Source: Single-center study of 2,202 consecutive patients who underwent carotid artery stenting or endarterectomy.
Disclosures: The investigators had no relevant financial disclosures.
FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
They also noted that their findings "might not be reproducible under less ideal conditions (and might not reflect the management of patients treated at many community hospitals)."
The investigators had no relevant financial disclosures.
