Re: Systematic Comparison of the Early Outcome of Angioplasty and Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease

To the Editor:In the recent article by Golledge et al,1 the authors attempted to compare the early outcome of angioplasty and endarterectomy, or more specifically, the early complication rates of these 2 procedures.Notwithstanding the methods, which were well detailed, I wish to draw attention to the authors’ inclusion of 2 specific series (the fourth and fifth series of their Table 2). These 2 series comprised 7 and 9 patients, respectively, in which the disabling stroke or death rates were 43% …