Guidelines recommend that carotid endarterectomy be performed within two weeks of stroke in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis. Because a Swedish registry study showed patients treated within the first days after a transient ischemic attack or stroke are at increased risk of death and perioperatory stroke, this study aims at verifying this risk in…
Prevention of Stroke: Carotid Artery Stenting or Endarterectomy?
Original Title: Long-Term Outcome after Carotid Artery Stenting. A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study. Reference: Stroke. 2016 Jul 12. [Epub ahead of print]. In the prevention of stroke, carotid artery stenting (CAS) is far less invasive than endarterectomy, but its long term outcomes remain unclear. This large cohort study compared the long term outcomes of…
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