Gabriel Jabbour, Sai Divya Yadavalli, Sabrina Straus, Andrew P Sanders, Vinamr Rastogi, Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, Richard J Powell, Roger B Davis, Marc L Schermerhorn
OBJECTIVE: With the recent expansion of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage, transfemoral carotid artery stenting (tfCAS) is expected to play a larger role in the management of carotid disease. Existing research on the tfCAS learning curve, primarily conducted over a decade ago, may not adequately describe the current effect of physician experience on outcomes. Since about 30% of perioperative stroke/death post-CAS occur after discharge, appropriate thresholds for in-hospital event rates have been suggested to be <4% for symptomatic and <2% for asymptomatic patients...
February 28, 2024: Journal of Vascular Surgery