Staged Carotid Artery Stenting and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Procedures: A Word of Caution

In their systematic review and meta-analysis (n=5 studies; 16,712 patients), Giannopoulos et al.1 compared synchronous carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) vs. staged carotid artery stenting (CAS) followed by CABG. They demonstrated that perioperative stroke (3% [447/15,727] vs. 3% [33/985], for CEA/CABG vs. CAS/CABG, respectively; odds ratio [OR]: 0.84; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.43-1.64; I2=39.1%) and transient ischemic attack (TIA) rates (1% [2/193] vs 4% [4/95] for CEA/CABG vs.
Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research