title: No gender influences on clinical outcomes or durability of repair following carotid angioplasty with stenting and carotid endarterectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To determine if gender influences clinical outcomes and durability of repair after carotid angioplasty with stenting (CAS) or carotid endarterectomy (CEA), an analysis of patient records was performed.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included 89 CAS patients (47 men and 42 women) and 93 CEA patients (53 men and 40 women). Patients underwent duplex scans 6, 12, 24 months post procedure. The outcomes of periprocedural mortality, major adverse events, strokes, and myocardial infarctions were assessed. Incidence of critical restenosis and recurrence of symptoms was also assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences were noted between men and women who had undergone either CAS or CEA (P > .05) for clinical outcomes and durability of repair. No differences for periprocedural mortality, major adverse events, critical restenosis, recurrent neurologic symptoms, and adverse event free survival were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results do not indicate substantial gender influences on clinical outcomes or durability of repair following CAS and CEA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3955, USA.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aiello
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dahn
authors.forename: James O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Menzoian
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mavanur
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000401:mortality; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex