Regarding ‘Carotid Endarterectomy National Trends over a Decade: Does Gender Matter?’

We read with interest the results by Kuy et al. concluding that women show lower perioperative cardiac morbidity and mortality rates than men after carotid endarterectomy (CEA). These results seem to be opposing to other retrospective studies. According to Guzman et al., female gender does not influence 30-day stroke and mortality rates after CEA, regardless of preoperative symptom status. Likewise, Jim et al. conclude that women and men demonstrated similar results—including myocardial infarction (MI) and death—after carotid revascularization procedures. However, Bisdas et al. have found that asymptomatic women were more prone to acute MI after both open and endovascular treatment procedures.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - February 13, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: George Galyfos, Manolis Vavouranakis, Konstantinos Filis Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research