Stent-assisted percutaneous angioplasty for extra-cranial carotid disease:experience at Singapore General Hospital
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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: 756-762, 2009.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-290314
ABSTRACT
<p><b>INTRODUCTION</b>This study aims to analyse the results of carotid stenting in a tertiary referral centre in Singapore.</p><p><b>MATERIALS AND METHODS</b>Retrospective analysis of all carotid artery stenting (CAS) cases in a single centre from March 1997 to December 2008 was performed. Sixty successful procedures were performed in 61 patients, with bilateral stenting in 1 patient, and 2 failed procedures. The majority were Chinese (78.7%) and males (77.0%), with a high proportion having hypertension (82.0%) and hypercholesterolaemia (78.7%). The majority (91.8%) of patients were high surgical risk candidates, primarily due to cardiac risk factors. Ten patients (16.4%) had prior neck irradiation for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and 3 patients each (4.9%) had previous endarterectomy and contralateral occlusion. A distal embolic protection device was used in 71.7% of cases.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Technical success was 96.8%. The 30-day stroke and death rate was 13.8%, comparable to reported results for this high surgical risk population.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>CAS is a technically feasible and a relatively safe alternative to endarterectomy to treat extracranial carotid stenosis, especially in patients who are inoperable or at high surgical risk.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Singapore
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General Surgery
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Carotid Artery Diseases
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Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
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Stents
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Risk
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Retrospective Studies
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Outcome Assessment, Health Care
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Angioplasty
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Hospitals, General
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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