Association of Centre Quality Certification with Characteristics of Patients, Management, and Outcomes Following Carotid Endarterectomy or Carotid Artery Stenting.

ABSTRACT: Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the association between center quality certifications and patients' characteristics, clinical management, and outcomes after carotid revascularization. Methods: This study is a pre-planned sub-study of the ISAR-IQ project, which analyzes data from the Bavarian subset of the nationwide German statutory quality assurance carotid database. Hospitals were classified as to whether a certified vascular center (cVC) or a certified stroke unit (cSU) was present on-site or not. The primary outcome event was any stroke or death until discharge from the hospital. Results: In total, 31,793 cases were included between 2012 and 2018. The primary outcome rate in asymptomatic patients treated by CEA ranged from 0.7% to 1.5%, with the hi

SUBMITTER: Saicic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11313300 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature