Three-year follow-up of patients after carotid angioplasty and stenting
Abstract：Objective To analyze long-term outcome of carotid artery stenting(CAS) in patients with atherosclerotic diseases. Methods Fifty-five patients who had received CAS and finished 3 years follow-up in a general hospital were enrolled as subjects. Patients were grouped into with(4) and without(51) recurrence of ischemic cerebral events. The restenosis after CAS was analyzed.Results During the 3 years follow-up,4 patients(7.3%) had recurrent ischemic events. Of the 4 recurrent patients,3 had infarctions ipsilateral as the CAS; and 1 had infarction contralateral to the CAS. Univariate analysis indicated that age >75 years,history of multiple risk factors for ce-rebrovascular diseases, absence of systematic anti-platelet treatment after CAS, multiple infarc-tions before CAS were associated with cerebral ischemic events after CAS. Three(5.5%) patients developed restenosis after CAS. Conclusion CAS can efficaciously decrease stroke morbidity in patients with atherosclerotic diseases. Restenosis rate is relatively low during the medium-term follow-up.
Keywords：carotid stenosisstentsrisk factorsprognosiscerebrovascular accidentfollow-up studies
Publication Date：2009-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 570-572 )