The Italian Stroke Organization provides updated national guidelines for carotid endarterectomy and stenting in patients with carotid stenosis.
Italian clinicians should now follow updated CEA/CAS recommendations stratified by symptom status; extends prior evidence into national guidelines.
One hundred and fifty-three authors, 45 Italian scientific societies, and two Italian patients' associations participated in drafting the Italian Stroke Organization document, which has become the national guideline for the prevention and treatment of stroke in Italy. For the surgical therapy section of the Italian Stroke Organization document, the main trials on carotid endoarterectomy and stenting were critically reviewed in order to formulate recommendations for these procedures. Recommendations are presented here for the referral of patients to either carotid endarterectomy or stenting on the basis of whether carotid stenosis is symptomatic or asymptomatic.
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Lanza et al. (2013) conducted a review in Carotid stenosis and stroke. Carotid endarterectomy and stenting was evaluated. The Italian Stroke Organization updated its national guidelines, providing recommendations for carotid endarterectomy and stenting based on whether carotid stenosis is symptomatic or asymptomatic.
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