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SUBMITTER: Muller MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7041119 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Müller Mandy D MD Lyrer Philippe P Brown Martin M MM Bonati Leo H LH
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20200225
<h4>Background</h4>Carotid artery stenting is an alternative to carotid endarterectomy for the treatment of atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis. This review updates a previous version first published in 1997 and subsequently updated in 2004, 2007, and 2012.<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the benefits and risks of stenting compared with endarterectomy in people with symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid stenosis.<h4>Search methods</h4>We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (last sea ...[more]