Curr Opin Neurol. 2012 Feb;25(1):36-41. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32834f0273.
Major results of recent clinical trials for carotid artery disease are changing the understanding of management.
A major trial comparing carotid endarterectomy with carotid angioplasty and stenting for symptomatic or asymptomatic patients suggests comparable results by overall outcomes analyses, and different results by subset analyses. These results modify the findings of prior trials.
Based on age there appear to be differences in outcomes that may influence decision for management for such patients.
最近颈动脉疾病临床试验的主要结果正在改变对其管理的认识。
一项比较症状性或无症状性患者颈动脉内膜切除术与颈动脉血管成形术和支架置入术的大型试验表明，总体结果分析的结果相当，但亚组分析的结果不同。这些结果改变了先前试验的发现。
基于年龄，似乎存在影响此类患者管理决策的结果差异。
