title: Symptomatic carotid artery stenosis is best treated by carotid endarterectomy.
abstract: Ask a dysphasic patient who has received a carotid artery stent if he or she would instead have rather had a troponin enzyme leak or minor myocardial infarction (MI). Although the answer is clear to most of us, there are many interventionalists and clinicians who have inappropriately interpreted recent data from the CREST trial to conclude that carotid artery stenting (CAS) is equivalent to carotid endarterectomy (CEA).
authors.affiliation: New York University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Todd L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Berland
authors.forename: Neal S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Cayne
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Veith
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome