Differential outcomes of carotid stenting and endarterectomy performed exclusively by vascular surgeons in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial (CREST)

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-308

  Timaran, Carlos H ^a   Mantese, Vito A ^b   Malas, Mahmoud ^c   Brown, O William ^e   Lal, Brajesh K ^d   Moore, Wesley S ^f   Voeks, Jenifer H ^g   Brott, Thomas G ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; VASCULAR SURGEON;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CANADA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; CREDENTIALING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872683616     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. P.A. Wolf, W.B. Kannel, and D.L. Gee Epidemiology of strokes in North America H.J.M. Barnett, B.M. Stein, J.P. Mohr, F.M. Yatsu, Stroke: Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management 1986 Churchill Livingstone New York 19 29
2. Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators N Engl J Med 325 1991 445 453
3. Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Executive Committee for the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study JAMA 273 1995 1421 1428
4. W.S. Moore, H.J. Barnett, H.G. Beebe, E.F. Bernstein, B.J. Brener, and T.G. Brott Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy. A multidisciplinary consensus statement from the Ad Hoc Committee, American Heart Association Circulation 91 1995 566 579
5. J. Biller, W.M. Feinberg, J.E. Castaldo, A.D. Whittemore, R.E. Harbaugh, and R.J. Dempsey Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: a statement for healthcare professionals from a Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association Circulation 97 1998 501 509
6. T.G. Brott, R.W. Hobson 2nd, G. Howard, G.S. Roubin, W.M. Clark, and W. Brooks Stenting versus endarterectomy for treatment of carotid-artery stenosis N Engl J Med 363 2010 11 23
7. K.L. Furie, S.E. Kasner, R.J. Adams, G.W. Albers, R.L. Bush, and S.C. Fagan Guidelines for the prevention of stroke in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack: a guideline for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke 42 2011 227 276
8. J.S. Yadav, M.H. Wholey, R.E. Kuntz, P. Fayad, B.T. Katzen, and G.J. Mishkel Protected carotid-artery stenting versus endarterectomy in high-risk patients N Engl J Med 351 2004 1493 1501
9. R. Fairman, W.A. Gray, A.P. Scicli, O. Wilburn, P. Verta, and R. Atkinson The CAPTURE registry: analysis of strokes resulting from carotid artery stenting in the post approval setting: Timing, location, severity, and type Ann Surg 246 2007 551 556
10. L.H. Bonati, J. Dobson, A. Algra, A. Branchereau, G. Chatellier, and G. Fraedrich Short-term outcome after stenting versus endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis: a preplanned meta-analysis of individual patient data Lancet 376 2010 1062 1073
11. A.J. Sheffet, G. Roubin, G. Howard, V. Howard, W. Moore, and J.F. Meschia Design of the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST) Int J Stroke 5 2010 40 46
12. L.N. Hopkins, G.S. Roubin, E.Y. Chakhtoura, W.A. Gray, R.D. Ferguson, and B.T. Katzen The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial: credentialing of interventionalists and final results of lead-in phase J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 19 2010 153 162
13. F.L. Silver, A. Mackey, W.M. Clark, W. Brooks, C.H. Timaran, and D. Chiu Safety of stenting and endarterectomy by symptomatic status in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy Versus Stenting Trial (CREST) Stroke 42 2011 675 680
14. R.W. Hobson II, V.J. Howard, G.S. Roubin, R.D. Ferguson, T.G. Brott, and G. Howard Credentialing of surgeons as interventionalists for carotid artery stenting: experience from the lead-in phase of CREST J Vasc Surg 40 2004 952 957
15. J.J. Ricotta, A. Aburahma, E. Ascher, M. Eskandari, P. Faries, and B.K. Lal Updated Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines for management of extracranial carotid disease J Vasc Surg 54 2011 e1 31
16. CREST trial. Supplementary Appendix. Available at: http://www.nejm.org/ doi/suppl/10.1056/NEJMoa0912321/suppl-file/nejmoa0912321-appendix.pdf. Accessed December 27, 2010.
17. Endovascular versus surgical treatment in patients with carotid stenosis in the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS): a randomised trial Lancet 357 2001 1729 1737
18. T.G. Brott, R.J. Labutta, and R.F. Kempczinski Changing patterns in the practice of carotid endarterectomy in a large metropolitan area JAMA 255 1986 2609 2612
19. J.L. Mas, G. Chatellier, B. Beyssen, A. Branchereau, T. Moulin, and J.P. Becquemin Endarterectomy versus stenting in patients with symptomatic severe carotid stenosis N Eng J Med 355 2006 1660 1671
20. J. Ederle, J. Dobson, R.L. Featherstone, L.H. Bonati, H.B. van der Worp, and G.J. de Borst Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial Lancet 375 2010 985 997
21. The North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis N Engl J Med 325 1991 445 453
22. H.J. Barnett, D.W. Taylor, M. Eliasziw, A.J. Fox, G.G. Ferguson, and R.B. Haynes Benefit of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic moderate or severe stenosis. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators N Eng J Med 339 1998 1415 1425
23. P.A. Ringleb, J. Allenberg, H. Bruckmann, H.H. Eckstein, G. Fraedrich, and M. Hartmann 30 day results from the SPACE trial of stent-protected angioplasty versus carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients: a randomised non-inferiority trial Lancet 368 2006 1239 1247
24. A. Halliday, A. Mansfield, J. Marro, C. Peto, R. Peto, and J. Potter Prevention of disabling and fatal strokes by successful carotid endarterectomy in patients without recent neurological symptoms: randomised controlled trial Lancet 363 2004 1491 1502