title: A 16-year experience of carotid artery stenting for carotid artery stenosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report our experience of carotid artery stenting (CAS) for the endovascular treatment of significant carotid stenosis over 16 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of all consecutive patients who came for a significant carotid artery stenosis from January 1st 1999 to August 31st 2015 were retrospectively collected and analyzed. Primary outcomes were the occurrence of death and major cerebrovascular events (MCE) both at 30-day and at long-term.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In our experience CAS was a safe and effective technique, with acceptable mortality and neurological complication rates, both at 30 days and in the long term.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Carotid stenting, Carotid stenosis, Long-term follow-up.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nano
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stegher
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Occhiuto
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Muzzarelli
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malacrida
authors.forename: Daniela P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Mazzaccaro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors