Why the study?
What are the immediate and late clinical outcomes of carotid artery stenting in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis?
Population
Patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
30 days and late follow-up
Authors
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Should not yet change practice; hypothesis-generating for RCTs comparing stenting to endarterectomy.
What are the immediate and late clinical outcomes of carotid artery stenting in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis?
Carotid artery stenting demonstrates acceptable short- and long-term safety, supporting the rationale for randomized trials comparing it to carotid endarterectomy.
Roubin et al. (2001) studied this question.
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