RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Nichols, Emma Hitt
T1 Trials to Evaluate CEA versus CAS in Carotid Artery Stenosis
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 19
SP 32
OP 32
DO 10.1177/155989771319016
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/19/32.1.abstract
AB Several large trials evaluating the efficacy of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) versus carotid artery stenting (CAS) are currently underway, with a large meta-analysis to include data from over 5000 patients planned for 2019. This article discusses the results of the ACST-2 [Halliday A et al. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2013], SPACE-2 [Reiff T et al. J Stroke 2009], and CREST-2 trials.