title: A prospective registry on carotid artery revascularisation selected by consensus of a cardiovascular team.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This prospective registry was designed to evaluate the early and long-term incidence of clinical events in patients with carotid obstructive disease (COD), after carotid artery revascularisation selected by consensus of a cardiovascular team.
  
  
  RESULTS
  403 consecutive patients with COD scheduled for carotid revascularisation were included: 130 were treated with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and 273 with carotid artery stenting (CAS). Propensity score matching was performed to assemble a cohort of patients in whom all baseline covariates would be well balanced. The occurrence of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE), including any death, non-fatal myocardial infarction or stroke, was assessed at 30 days and at long-term follow-up. The incidence of MACCE at 30 days was 4.0% (95% confidence interval: 2.1 to 6.0), without any significant difference between the CAS and CEA groups in unmatched and matched populations. The cumulative freedom from MACCE at two-year follow-up was 80.5%±0.94%, with no statistically significant differences between the CAS and CEA groups, both in the total population and in the matched cohort.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this registry of patients undergoing carotid artery revascularisation selected by consensus of a cardiovascular team, the early and long-term incidence of clinical events is up to standard.
authors.affiliation: Adress.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomai
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Luca
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weltert
authors.forename: Anna S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ghini
authors.forename: Pierfrancesco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corvo
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Persio
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Altamura
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albano
authors.forename: Raoul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borioni
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garofalo
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D052279:Creatine Kinase, MB Form / Q000097:blood; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D052279:Creatine Kinase, MB Form