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01-10-2013 | Review Article

Age and gender disparities in the risk of carotid revascularization procedures

Authors: Sotirios Giannopoulos, Aristeidis H. Katsanos, Spyros N. Vasdekis, Efstathios Boviatsis, Konstantinos Ι. Voumvourakis, Georgios Tsivgoulis

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 10/2013

Abstract

The potential effect of age and gender stratification in the outcome of patients with carotid artery stenosis undergoing carotid revascularization procedures (CRP) may have important implications in clinical practice. Both European Stroke Organization and American Heart Association guidelines suggest that age and sex should be taken into account when selecting a CRP for an individual patient. We reviewed available literature data through Medline and Embase. Our search was based on the combination of terms: age, gender, sex, carotid artery stenosis, carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Postoperative stroke and mortality rates increased with age after any CRP (CEA or CAS), especially in patients aged over 75 years. Older patients with carotid artery stenosis undergoing CAS were found to have a nearly double risk of stroke or death compared with CEA, while CEA was found to benefit more patients aged over 70 years with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Male patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis had lower stroke/mortality rates and benefited more from CEA compared with females. For the periprocedural risk of stroke or death in patients with carotid artery stenosis after CAS no sex differences were found. Therefore, CEA appears to have lower perioperative risks than CAS in patients aged over 70 years, and thus should be the treatment of choice if not contraindicated. The periprocedural risk of CEA is lower in men than in women, while there was no effect of gender on the periprocedural risk of CAS.

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Title: Age and gender disparities in the risk of carotid revascularization procedures
Authors: Sotirios Giannopoulos
Aristeidis H. Katsanos
Spyros N. Vasdekis
Efstathios Boviatsis
Konstantinos Ι. Voumvourakis
Georgios Tsivgoulis
Publication date: 01-10-2013
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 10/2013
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-013-1453-2

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