Hans-Henning Eckstein, Pavlos Tsantilas, Andreas Kühnl, Bernhard Haller, Thorben Breitkreuz, Alexander Zimmermann, Michael Kallmayer
BACKGROUND: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) can be used to prevent stroke due to arteriosclerotic lesions of the carotid artery. In Germany, legally mandated quality assurance (QA) enables the evaluation of outcome quality after CEA and CAS performed under routine conditions. METHODS: We analyzed data on all elective CEA and CAS procedures performed over the periods 2009-2014 and 2012-2014, respectively. The endpoints of the study were the combined in-hospital stroke and death rate, stroke rate and mortality separately, local complications, and other complications...
October 27, 2017: Deutsches Ärzteblatt International