Division of Vascular Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
J Vasc Surg. 2019 Jun;69(6):1797-1800. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2018.09.054. Epub 2019 Jan 8.
Most carotid revascularization studies define asymptomatic as symptom-free for more than 180 days; however, it is unknown if intervention carries similar risk among those currently asymptomatic but with previous symptoms (PS) vs those who were always asymptomatic (AA).
We compared the periprocedural and 4-year risks of PS vs AA patients in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs Stenting Trial (CREST) randomized to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid artery stenting (CAS)/angioplasty. Proportional hazards models adjusting for age, sex, and treatment were used to assess the risk of periprocedural stroke and/or death (S+D; any S+D during periprocedural period), stroke and death at 4 years (any S+D within the periprocedural period and ipsilateral stroke out to 4 years) and the primary end point at 4 years (any stroke, death, and myocardial infarction within the periprocedural period and ipsilateral stroke out to 4 years). Analysis was performed pooling the CEA-treated and CAS-treated patients, and separately for each treatment.
Of 1181 asymptomatic patients randomized in CREST, 1104 (93%) were AA and 77 (7%) were PS. There was no difference in risk when comparing the AA and PS cohorts in the pooled CAS+CEA population for periprocedural S+D (2.0% vs 1.3%), S+D at 4 years (3.6% vs 3.2%), or the primary end point (5.2% vs 5.8%). There were also no differences among those assigned to CEA (periprocedural S+D, 1.5% vs 0%; S+D at 4 years, 2.7% vs 0%; or primary end point, 5.1% vs 2.4%) or CAS (periprocedural S+D, 2.5% vs 2.8%; S+D at 4 years, 4.4% vs 6.9%; or primary end point, 5.3% vs 9.8%) when analyzed separately.
In CREST, only a small minority of asymptomatic patients had previous ipsilateral symptoms. The outcomes of periprocedural S+D, periprocedural S+D, and ipsilateral stroke up to 4 years, and the primary end point did not differ for AA patients compared with PS patients.
大多数颈动脉血运重建研究将无症状定义为无症状超过 180 天;然而,目前尚不清楚对于那些目前无症状但有既往症状(PS)的患者与一直无症状(AA)的患者,干预是否具有相似的风险。
我们比较了颈动脉血运重建内膜切除术与支架置入术试验(CREST)中随机接受颈动脉内膜切除术(CEA)或颈动脉血管成形术和支架置入术(CAS)/血管成形术的 PS 与 AA 患者的围手术期和 4 年风险。使用比例风险模型调整年龄、性别和治疗因素,评估围手术期卒中及/或死亡(S+D;围手术期内任何 S+D)、4 年卒中及死亡(围手术期内任何 S+D 和至 4 年的同侧卒中)和 4 年主要终点(围手术期内任何卒中、死亡和心肌梗死和至 4 年的同侧卒中)风险。对 CEA 治疗和 CAS 治疗患者进行了分析,并分别对每个治疗组进行了分析。
在 CREST 中,1181 例无症状患者中,1104 例(93%)为 AA,77 例(7%)为 PS。在 CEA+CAS 混合人群中,AA 与 PS 队列在围手术期 S+D(2.0% vs 1.3%)、4 年 S+D(3.6% vs 3.2%)或主要终点(5.2% vs 5.8%)方面无差异。接受 CEA 治疗的患者(围手术期 S+D,1.5% vs 0%;4 年 S+D,2.7% vs 0%;或主要终点,5.1% vs 2.4%)或 CAS 治疗的患者(围手术期 S+D,2.5% vs 2.8%;4 年 S+D,4.4% vs 6.9%;或主要终点,5.3% vs 9.8%)之间也没有差异。
在 CREST 中,只有一小部分无症状患者有既往同侧症状。与 PS 患者相比,AA 患者围手术期 S+D、围手术期 S+D 和 4 年内同侧卒中以及主要终点的发生率没有差异。