Commentary on "Overview of Primary and Secondary Analyses From 20 Randomised Controlled Trials Comparing Carotid Artery Stenting With Carotid Endarterectomy"

As classical endpoints such as peri-procedural stroke and death during carotid interventions now occur infrequently, secondary outcome measures are being used increasingly. Batchelder et  al. recently performed an analysis of 20 randomised controlled trials investigating carotid endarterectomy (CEA) vs. carotid artery stenting (CAS).1 As a secondary outcome measure, they report more new white matter lesions (WMLs) after CAS than after CEA. However, the term WML is generally reserve d for lesions of the peri-ventricular areas or deep white matter, which develop over time as a result of cerebral small vessel disease.
Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research