Análisis de los datos agrupados de los ensayos controlados aleatorios de endarterectomía para estenosis carotídea

P M Rothwell1, M Eliasziw, S A Gutnikov

  • 1Stroke Prevention Research Unit, University Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK. peter.rothwell@clneuro.ox.ac.uk

Lancet (London, England)
|January 18, 2003
PubMed
Resumen

La cirugía de endarterectomía carotídea es altamente beneficiosa para pacientes con 70% o más de estenosis sintomática de la arteria carotídea interna. Para aquellos con estenosis del 50-69%, la cirugía ofrece algún beneficio, pero no se recomienda para menos del 50% de estenosis.

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