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  • Titel: Carotid artery stenting: Do procedural complications relate to the side intervened upon? : Results From the Carotid Artery Stent (CAS)—Registry of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Leitende Kardiologische Krankenhausärzte (ALKK)
  • Beteiligte: Zahn, Ralf; Ischinger, Thomas; Hochadel, Matthias; Mark, Bernd; Zeymer, Uwe; Schmalz, Wolfgang; Schramm, Alexander; Hauptmann, Karl Eugen; Seggewiß, Hubert; Janicke, Ilse; Mudra, Harald; Senges, Jochen
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2009
  • Erschienen in: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 74 (2009) 1, Seite 1-8
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22050
  • ISSN: 1522-1946; 1522-726X
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  • Beschreibung: AbstractObjectives: To determine the influence of the side intervened upon on outcomes during carotid artery stenting (CAS). Background: Anatomic and technical aspects may influence the results of CAS. The value of the side intervened upon has not been analyzed yet. Methods: We analyzed data from the Carotid Artery Stent (CAS) – Registry.Results: A total of 3,165 CAS procedures, 1,613 (51%) at the left and 1,552 (49%) at the right carotid artery were included. There was a higher proportion of patients treated for symptomatic stenoses when CAS was performed at the left carotid artery (50.1% versus 45.8%, P = 0.016) and more patients already had prior carotid endarterectomy (8.5% versus 5.8%, P = 0.003). Interventions at the left side took 3 min longer than interventions at the right side (46.6 ± 24.3 versus 43.8 ± 23.6, P = 0.003). In patients treated at the left carotid artery amaurosis fugax (0.7% versus 0.1%, P = 0.005), ipsilateral stroke (3.1% versus 1.8%, P = 0.017), and the primary endpoint of in‐hospital death or stroke (4.1% versus 2.3%, P = 0.005) occurred significantly more often. Even after adjusting for confounding parameters, CAS procedures performed at the left carotid arteries remained an independent predictor of death or stroke (OR = 1.77, 95% CI: 1.15–2.72, P = 0.009). Conclusions: In current clinical practice, CAS is performed frequently at the right carotid artery as at the left carotid artery. CAS interventions have a higher in‐hospital complication rate if performed at the left carotid artery. Technical improvements might help to overcome this situation. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.