Endarterectomy versus Stenting in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis

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Authors

Jean‐Louis Mas · Université Paris Cité

Gilles Châtellier · Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou

B. Beyssen · Université Paris Cité

Alain Branchereau · Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée

Thierry Moulin · Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

Jean‐Pierre Becquemin · Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

Vincent Larrue

Abstract

In this study of patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis of 60% or more, the rates of death and stroke at 1 and 6 months were lower with endarterectomy than with stenting. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00190398 [ClinicalTrials.gov].).

Topics & Keywords

Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Oropharyngeal Anatomy and Pathologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 355, Issue 16, pp. 1660-1671

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa061752

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