Short Time Interval Between Neurologic Event and Carotid Surgery Is Not Associated With an Increased Procedural Risk | Zendy

Pavlos Tsantilas | Zendy; Andreas Kuehnl | Zendy; Thomas König | Zendy; Thorben Breitkreuz | Zendy; Michael Kallmayer | Zendy; Christoph Knappich | Zendy; Sofie Schmid | Zendy; Martin Störck | Zendy; Alexander Zimmermann | Zendy; HansHenning Eckstein | Zendy

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Short Time Interval Between Neurologic Event and Carotid Surgery Is Not Associated With an Increased Procedural Risk

Author(s) -

Pavlos Tsantilas,

Andreas Kuehnl,

Thomas König,

Thorben Breitkreuz,

Michael Kallmayer,

Christoph Knappich,

Sofie Schmid,

Martin Störck,

Alexander Zimmermann,

HansHenning Eckstein

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.116.014058

Subject(s) - medicine , carotid endarterectomy , stroke (engine) , stenosis , perioperative , surgery , endarterectomy , proportional hazards model , amaurosis fugax , cardiology , mechanical engineering , engineering

Guidelines recommend that carotid endarterectomy should be performed within 2 weeks in patients with a symptomatic carotid stenosis. Because a Swedish register study indicated that patients treated within the first days after a stroke or transient ischemic attack might have an increased perioperative stroke and mortality risk, this study aimed to find out whether these findings are also true under everyday conditions in Germany.

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