Interventional compared with medical management of symptomatic carotid web: A systematic review
Carotid web (CaW) is non-atheromatous, shelf-like intraluminal projection, generally affecting the posterolateral wall of the proximal internal carotid artery, and associated with embolic stroke, particularly in younger patients without traditional stroke risk factors. Treatment options for symptomatic CaWs include interventional therapy with carotid endarterectomy or carotid stenting versus medical therapy with antiplatelet or anticoagulants. As safety and efficacy of these approaches have been incompletely delineated in small-to-moderate case series, we performed a systematic review of outcomes with interventional and medical management.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Smit D. Patel, Fadar Oliver Otite, Karan Topiwala, Hamidreza Saber, Naoki Kaneko, Eric Sussman, Tapan V. Mehta, Ramachandra Tummala, Jason Hinman, Raul Nogueira, Diogo C. Haussen, David S. Liebeskind, Jeffrey L. Saver Source Type: research