Safety and mid-term outcome of endovascular therapy for internal carotid artery disease: a 15-year experience at a single-centre angiology institution.

Ibrahim, T; Karmann, S; Schuster, T; Fusaro, M; Ott, I; Böttiger, C; Paschalidis, M; Hilger, JK; Poppert, H; Theiss, W; von Beckerath, N

doi:10.1024/0301-1526/a000257

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Dokumenttyp:: Journal Article; Article
Autor(en):: Ibrahim, T; Karmann, S; Schuster, T; Fusaro, M; Ott, I; Böttiger, C; Paschalidis, M; Hilger, JK; Poppert, H; Theiss, W; von Beckerath, N
Titel:: Safety and mid-term outcome of endovascular therapy for internal carotid artery disease: a 15-year experience at a single-centre angiology institution.
Abstract:: Endovascular therapy of carotid artery disease has emerged as a potential alternative to endarterectomy and its clinical practise dramatically increased in many parts of the world. This study aims to determine the safety and mid-term outcome of carotid artery stenting (CAS) within a 15-year carotid program at a single-centre institution.We retrospectively analysed all CAS-procedures performed at our institution between 1995 and 2009.During the observation period, a total of 497 CAS procedures were attempted in 460 patients with stenoses of the internal carotid artery of which 187 (37.6 %) were symptomatic and 310 (62.4 %) were asymptomatic. CAS was successful in 479 (96.4 %) cases and success rate significantly increased throughout the study (p < 0.001). The periprocedural complication rate for death, stroke, and transient ischemic attack (TIA) was 0.4 %, 1.2 %, and 2.6 %, respectively, and the cumulative event rate did not differ between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients (4.8 % vs. 3.9 %; p = 0.62). Age was the only significant predictor for the occurrence of any periprocedural adverse event (OR 2.08 [1.22 - 3.54]; p = 0.007). During a median follow-up of 24 [1; 141] months, the rate of stroke, TIA, and in-stent restenosis was 1.0 %, 2.2 %, and 2.7 %, respectively.Data from this large observation in everyday clinical patients demonstrate that endovascular therapy in carotid artery disease can be performed safely and with mid-term outcomes comparable to carotid endarterectomy.
Zeitschriftentitel:: Vasa
Jahr:: 2013
Band / Volume:: 42
Heft / Issue:: 3
Seitenangaben Beitrag:: 196-207
Sprache:: eng
Volltext / DOI:: doi:10.1024/0301-1526/a000257
PubMed:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23644371
Print-ISSN:: 0301-1526
TUM Einrichtung:: I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie); Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie; Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
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