title: Carotid artery revascularisation in high-surgical-risk patients with the NexStent and the FilterWire EX/EZ: 3-year results from the CABERNET trial.
abstract: To investigate long-term outcomes achieved in high-surgical-risk patients and other clinically-relevant subgroups after carotid stenting with the NexStent and Filterwire EX/EZ devices.
  
  
  
  CABERNET, a prospective, multicentre, single-arm trial, enrolled 454 patients with extracranial internal carotid artery stenosis (symptomatic > or =50%, n=110; asymptomatic > or =60%, n=344). Early outcomes at one year have been reported. The 3-year Kaplan-Meier estimated event rates were: 7.2%, all stroke; 2.8%, major stroke; 4.8%, ipsilateral stroke; 17.7%, all death; 7.1%, myocardial infarction; 4.4%, target vessel revascularisation. Asymptomatic patients had significantly fewer major strokes than symptomatic patients (1.9% vs. 5.7%, P=0.03) and patients <80 years had significantly fewer ipsilateral strokes than those > or =80 years (3.2% vs. 10.7%, P=0.002). Stroke outcomes did not differ significantly between patients with anatomical risk factors compared with those with comorbid medical risk factors.
  
  
  
  Long-term outcomes achieved in high-surgical-risk patients with the NexStent and Filterwire EX/EZ devices are favourable. Outcomes may be better in asymptomatic patients or those younger than 80 years of age. These data will be helpful in estimating short-term risks of carotid stenting and balancing these risks against the long-term benefit of stroke prevention.
authors.affiliation: University at Buffalo, NY, USA. lnhbuffns@aol.com <lnhbuffns@aol.com>
authors.forename: L Nelson
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Subbarao V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Myla
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grube
authors.forename: Gustav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eles
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dave
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jaff
authors.forename: Dominic J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Allocco
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000401:mortality; D001118:Argentina; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States