Carotid Disease & Stroke
From the Journals
Add AFib to noncardiac surgery risk evaluation: New support
Preexisting atrial fibrillation should again be part of pre–noncardiac surgery cardiac risk assessment, argues a new report.
Guidelines
Updated AHA/ASA guideline changes care for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
Several “standard care” therapies for ICH are not as effective as once thought and are no longer recommended in updated guidelines.
Conference Coverage
ACST-2: Carotid stenting, surgery on par in asymptomatic patients
Periprocedural and 5-year outcomes were generally similar, but not all virtual attendees were convinced that either intervention is necessary in...
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Deep sleep decreases, Alzheimer’s increases
There is reassuring data on pregnancy outcomes for women with atopic dermatitis.
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In Medicare population, carotid revascularization has declined
NEW YORK – In older patients, the rate and number of carotid endarterectomies and stenting procedures declined substantially during 1999-2014,...
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Redo carotid endarterectomy is more risky than previously estimated
Real-world outcomes find complications associated with redo carotid endarterectomy are greater than that previously reported in single-center...
Conference Coverage
Open AAA repair mortality rates doubled for very-low-volume surgeons
NEW YORK – When surgeons perform less than one open AAA repair or one carotid endarterectomy per year, the risk of bad outcomes increases markedly...
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Carotid stenting isn’t safer than endarterectomy with contralateral carotid occlusion
CAS isn’t associated with a lower 30-day stroke risk than CEA for revascularization in patients with contralateral carotid occlusion.
From the Journals
Very-low-volume vascular surgery practice linked to worse outcomes
Patients treated by very-low-volume surgeons had a twofold higher risk of death for open AAA repair.
From the Journals
Vascular surgeons underutilize palliative care planning
Almost three-quarters of patients were transitioned to palliative care; of those, 14% presented with an advanced directive and 28% received a...
Conference Coverage
Is regional anesthesia safer in CEA?
General anesthesia during carotid endarterectomy carries almost twice the risk of complications as regional anesthesia.