The Indications of Carotid Artery Stenting in Symptomatic Patients May Need To Be Reconsidered

According to the 2011, as well as the 2014 updated American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Guidelines, carotid artery stenting (CAS) is indicated as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for the management of symptomatic carotid patients. According to these recommendations, CAS is preferred over CEA in symptomatic patients with specific technical, anatomic or physiologic characteristics that render these individuals at “high risk” for surgery (e.g. contralateral carotid occlusion, previous neck irradiation, recurrent carotid stenosis, etc.).

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - October 8, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Kosmas I. Paraskevas, Frank J. Veith Source Type: research