Carotid artery stenting, endarterectomy, or medical treatment alone: the debate is not over.

Preliminary evidence also suggested that men appreciated a more absolute risk lowering from surgery than women but this difference did not reach statistical significance. 10 The findings resulted in marked rise in the rates of endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis in some countries, most notably in the United States that at least half of the approximate 150, 000 endarterectomies in total are performed for asymptomatic stenoses. 74 There were two concerns with regards to ACAS results.

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