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ArticleJournal of vascular surgery2018

An update on the incidence of perioperative outcomes after carotid endarterectomy, stratified by type of preprocedural neurologic symptom.

Alexander B Pothof, Emma S Zwanenburg, Sarah E Deery, Thomas F X O'Donnell, Gert J de Borst, Marc L Schermerhorn

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Article in Journal of vascular surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Alexander B PothofDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Emma S ZwanenburgDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sarah E DeeryDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Thomas F X O'DonnellDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Gert J de BorstDepartment of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Marc L SchermerhornDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: mscherm@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NL

Funding

HARVARD-LONGWOOD RESEARCH TRAINING IN VASCULAR SURGERYT32HL007734 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI FERRAN, CHRISTIANE, LOGERFO, FRANK W · 1993 to 2023
$10.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007734
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePerioperative complications after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) have decreased over time. Therefore, we aimed to provide an update on 30-day outcomes after CEA, stratified by type of preprocedural neurologic symptom.

methodsWe included all CEAs from the Targeted Vascular module of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP, 2011-2015) and stratified patients based on type of preprocedural neurologic symptom, that is, asymptomatic, ocular transient ischemic attack (TIA), hemispheric TIA, and stroke. We compared 30-day outcomes across the groups, with 30-day stroke/death as our primary endpoint.

resultsOf 16,739 CEA patients, 9784 were asymptomatic (58%). Among the 6955 symptomatic patients, 1216 (17%) had a preprocedural ocular TIA, 2635 (38%) a preprocedural hemispheric TIA, and 3104 (45%) a preprocedural stroke. Preprocedural stroke patients had higher 30-day stroke/death rates compared with those with a preprocedural hemispheric TIA, or ocular TIA, or asymptomatic patients (5.0% vs 3.3%, 1.9%, and 1.8%, respectively; all P < .001), primarily owing to differences in perioperative 30-day stroke rates, with 4.1% vs 2.5%, 1.4%, and 1.3%, respectively (all P < .001).

conclusionsAmong symptomatic CEA patients, those with a preprocedural stroke had a high perioperative 30-day stroke/death rate, compared with those patients with either a preprocedural hemispheric or ocular TIA. Therefore, the common stratification applied to CEA patients, which groups all symptomatic patients, should be avoided, especially as the relative proportion of symptomatic patients with a preprocedural stroke vs those with a hemispheric or ocular TIA will affect the overall outcome for all symptomatic patients after CEA.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAmaurosis FugaxAsymptomatic DiseasesCarotid Artery DiseasesDatabases, FactualEndarterectomy, CarotidFemaleHumansIncidenceIschemic Attack, TransientMaleMiddle AgedRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk Factors

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PMID29074118
PMCPMC5828919
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