European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 655-662 , December 2007

Carotid Artery Stenting in a Single Center: Are Six Years of Experience Enough to Achieve the Standard of Care?

,Accepted 13 July 2007.

References 

  1. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics–2006 Update. Dallas, Texas: American Heart Association; 2006;
  2. Rabe K, Sievert H. Carotid artery stenting: state of the art. J Interv Cardiol. 2004;17:417–426
  3. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators . Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. N Engl J Med. 1991;325:445–453
  4. Executive Committee for the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study . Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. JAMA. 1995;273:1421–1428
  5. Zarins CK. Carotid endarterectomy: the gold standard. J Endovasc Surg. 1996;3:10–15
  6. Yadav JS, Wholey MH, Kuntz RE, Fayad P, Katzen BT, Mishkel GJ, et al. Protected carotid-artery stenting versus endarterectomy in high-risk patients. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1493–1501
  7. Gray WA, Hopkins LN, Yadav S, Davis T, Wholey M, Atkinson R, et al. Protected carotid stenting in high-surgical-risk patients: the ARCHeR results. J Vasc Surg. 2006 Aug;44:258–268
  8. Hobson RW. Carotid stenting: should it replace endarterectomy in higher-risk patients?. Semin Vasc Surg. 2006 Jun;19:83–86
  9. CaRESS Steering Committee . Carotid Revascularization Using Endarterectomy or Stenting Systems (CaRESS) phase I clinical trial: 1-year results. J Vasc Surg. 2005 Aug;42:213–219
  10. Gray-Weale AC, Graham JC, Burnett JR, Byrne K, Lusby RJ. Carotid artery atheroma: comparison of preoperative B-mode ultrasound appearance with carotid endarterectomy specimen. J Cardiovasc Surg. 1988;29:676–681
  11. Setacci C, de Donato G, Chisci E, Setacci F, Pieraccini M, Cappelli A, et al. Is carotid artery stenting in octogenarians really dangerous?. J Endovasc Ther. 2006 Jun;13:302–309
  12. Neri E, Giubbolini M, Setacci F, Baldi I, Setacci C. The retrojugular route: the ideal exposure for carotid endarterectomy performed under locoregional anesthesia. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2003 Sep;26:250–255
  13. Barnett HJ, Taylor DW, Eliasziw M, Fox AJ, Ferguson GG, Haynes RB, et al. Benefit of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic moderate or severe stenosis. North American Symptomatic Carotid endarterectomy Trial Collaborators. N Engl J Med. 1998;339:1415–1425
  14. Halliday A, Mansfield A, Marro J, Peto C, Peto R, Potter J, et al. MRC Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST) Collaborative Group. Prevention of disabling and fatal strokes by successful carotid endarterectomy in patients without recent neurological symptoms: randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2004;363:1491–1502
  15. Coward LJ, Featherstone RL, Brown MM. Safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment of carotid artery stenosis compared with carotid endarterectomy: a Cochrane systematic review of the randomized evidence. Stroke. 2005 Apr;36:905–911
  16. CAVATAS Investigators . Endovascular versus surgical treatment in patients with carotid stenosis in the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS): a randomised trial. Lancet. 2001;357:1729–1737
  17. Brooks WH, McClure RR, Jones MR, Coleman TC, Breathitt L. Carotid angioplasty and stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: randomized trial in a community hospital. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001;38:1589–1595
  18. Brooks WH, McClure RR, Jones MR, Coleman TL, Breathitt L. Carotid angioplasty and stenting versus carotid endarterectomy for treatment of asymptomatic carotid stenosis: a randomized trial in a community hospital. Neurosurgery. 2004;54:318–325
  19. Naylor RA, Bolia A, Abbott RJ, Pye IF, Smith J, Lennard N, et al. Randomized study of carotid angioplasty and stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: a stopped trial. J Vasc Surg. 1998;28:326–334
  20. Alberts MJ, McCann R, Smith TP, Stack R, Roubin G, Schneck M, et al. A randomized trial of carotid stenting versus endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis: study design. J Neurovasc Dis. 1997;2:228–234
  21. Alberts MJ. WALLSTENT. Results of a multicenter prospective randomized trial of carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy. (abstract) Stroke. 2001;32:325
  22. SPACE Collaborators . Stent Protected Angioplasty versus Carotid Endarterectomy in symptomatic patients: 30 days results from the SPACE Trial. Lancet. 2006;368:1239–1247
  23. Mas JL, Chatellier G, Beyssen B, Branchereau A, Moulin T, Becquemin JP, et al. Endarterectomy versus stenting in patients with severe symptomatic stenosis. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:1660–1671
  24. Furlan AJ. Carotid-artery stenting–case open or closed?. N Engl J Med. 2006;19(355):1726–1729[Erratum in: N Engl J Med 2006;21(355):2712]
  25. Naylor AR. SPACE: not the final frontier. Lancet. 2006;368:1215–1216
  26. Setacci C, Cremonesi A. SPACE and EVA-3S trials: the need of standards for carotid stenting. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2007;33:48–49
  27. Naylor AR. Where next after SPACE and EVA-3S: ‘the good, the bad and the ugly!’. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2007;33:44–47
  28. Hobson RW, Howard VJ, Roubin GS, Brott TG, Ferguson RD, Popma JJ, et al. Carotid artery stenting is associated with increased complications in octogenarians: 30-day stroke and death rates in the CREST lead-in phase. J Vasc Surg. 2004;40:1106–1111
  29. The ACT I Trial (Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis, Stenting Versus Endarterectomy Trial). Available at: http://www.strokecenter.org/trials/TrialDetail.aspx?tid=624 [Accessed Jan 15, 2007].
  30. The International Carotid Stenting Study – CAVATAS II (Endovascular versus surgical treatment in patients with carotid stenosis in the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study). Available at: http://www.strokecenter.org/trials/TrialDetail.aspx?tid=86 [Accessed Jan 15, 2007].
  31. Gaines PA, Randall MS. Carotid artery stenting for patients with asymptomatic carotid disease (and news on TACIT). Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2005;30:461–463
  32. The ACST II trial (Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial). Available at: http://www.acst.org.uk/ [Accessed Jan 15, 2007].
  33. Wholey MH, Al-Mubarek N. Updated review of the global carotid artery stent registry. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003;60:259–266
  34. Roubin GS, New G, Iyer SS, Vitek JJ, Al-Mubarak N, Liu MW, et al. Immediate and late clinical outcomes of carotid artery stenting in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: a 5-year prospective analysis. Circulation. 2001;103:532–537
  35. Bergeron P, Roux M, Khanoyan P, Douillez V, Bras J, Gay J. Long-term results of carotid stenting are competitive with surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2005;41:213–221
  36. Setacci C, de Donato G, Setacci F, Chisci E, Cappelli A, Pieraccini M, et al. Surgical management of acute carotid thrombosis after carotid stenting: a report of three cases. J Vasc Surg. 2005 Nov;42:993–996
  37. Parodi JC, Rubin BG, Azizzadeh A, Bartoli M, Sicard GA. Endovascular treatment of an internal carotid artery thrombus using reversal of flow: a case report. J Vasc Surg. 2005;41:146–150
  38. Kastrup A, Groschel K, Krapf H, Brehm BR, Dichgans J, Schulz JB. Early outcome of carotid angioplasty and stenting with and without cerebral protection devices: a systematic review of the literature. Stroke. 2003;34:813–819
  39. Cremonesi A, Manetti R, Setacci F, Setacci C, Castriota F. Protected carotid stenting: clinical advantages and complications of embolic protection devices in 442 consecutive patients. Stroke. 2003 Aug;34:1936–1941
  40. Cremonesi A, Setacci C, Manetti R, de Donato G, Setacci F, Balestra G, et al. Carotid angioplasty and stenting: lesion related treatment strategies. EuroIntervention. 2005;1:289–295
  41. Yusuf S, Zhao F, Mehta SR, Chrolavicius S, Tognoni G, Fox KK. Effects of clopidogrel in addition to aspirin in patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation. N Engl J Med. 2001;345:494–502[Erratum in: N Engl J Med 2001;345:1506, 1716]
  42. Fox KA, Mehta SR, Peters R, Zhao F, Lakkis N, Gersh BJ, et al. Benefits and risks of the combination of clopidogrel and aspirin in patients undergoing surgical revascularization for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome: the Clopidogrel in Unstable angina to prevent Recurrent ischemic Events (CURE) trial. Circulation. 2004;110:1202–1208
  43. Cremonesi A, Setacci C, Bignamini A, Bolognese L, Briganti F, Di Sciascio G, et al. Carotid artery stenting. First Consensus Document of the ICCS-SPREAD Joint Committee. Stroke. 2006;37:2400–2409

PII: S1078-5884(07)00475-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.07.008

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 655-662 , December 2007

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution