Increased carotid artery stenting result in poor clinical outcomes
Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by admin in Health
American researchers found correlation between increased carotid artery stenting to heart attack and stroke.
According to a finding published in Journal of Vascular Surgery, increased carotid artery stenting increase risk of death due to heart attack and stroke.
Carotid arterial stenting is usually done to treat carotid artery stenosis and restore normal blood flow to parts of the head.
Researchers attribute severe clinical outcome to increased carotid arterial stenting (as much as 266 a month to 1,015 procedures after being covered by Medicare), because the stenting becomes option in those who aren’t healthy enough to withstand a surgical procedure. This may eventually result in adverse clinical outcomes including but not limited to heart attack and stroke.
According to the lead author Dr. Peter Groeneveld from the School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, stenting procedure still should be considered as an effective treatment modality which should be considered judiciously.
