| Carotid endarterectomy: still the standard of care for carotid bifurcation disease. | |
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PMID: 21718927 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Current treatment guidelines of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis are based on studies performed over a decade ago. Since that time, significant advances have been made in medical management, namely high dose statin therapy and improved antiplatelet agents, and in carotid interventions, namely the advent of carotid artery stenting. Especially with carotid stenting, the technology has grown by leaps and bounds and continues to advance at a rapid pace. These advances have necessitated new studies to compare these treatments with the gold standard of carotid endarterectomy. In asymptomatic patients, the current data does not justify medical management alone for severe (>80%) carotid stenosis. Furthermore, in both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients current studies have failed to demonstrate equivalence of CAS to CEA for significant carotid stenosis. Clearly additional studies comparing CAS, CEA, and medical management are needed to further clarify this issue. In the future, advances in CAS technology and techniques may greatly expand the role of CAS beyond its current role in certain high-risk patient subsets. However, for the time being CEA still remains the gold standard for carotid intervention. |
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Authors:
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Caron Rockman; Shang Loh |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Seminars in vascular surgery Volume: 24 ISSN: 1558-4518 ISO Abbreviation: Semin Vasc Surg Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-07-01 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8809602 Medline TA: Semin Vasc Surg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 10-20 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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New York University Medical School, New York, NY. |
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