Via: Healio
Compared with carotid endarterectomy, transcarotid artery revascularization was associated with similar in-hospital outcomes in patients with carotid stenosis, according to data presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Annual Meeting.
Transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR), which involves direct access via the carotid artery and cerebral protection with a flow-reversal system (Enroute, Silk Road Medical), has emerged as an alternative to transfemoral-access carotid artery stenting due to reduced risk for short-term stroke, Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD, chief of the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, said during a presentation.
Schermerhorn and colleagues analyzed 1,182 patients who underwent TCAR (median age, 74 years; 63% men) and 10,797 patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy (median age, 71 years; 60% men) between January 2016 and March 2018 and were included in the SVS Vascular Quality Initiative TCAR Surveillance Project or endarterectomy databases.
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