作者
L Nelson Hopkins, Gary S Roubin, Elie Y Chakhtoura, William A Gray, Robert D Ferguson, Barry T Katzen, Kenneth Rosenfield, Jonathan Goldstein, Donald E Cutlip, William Morrish, Brajesh K Lal, Alice J Sheffet, MeeLee Tom, Susan Hughes, Jenifer Voeks, Krishna Kathir, James F Meschia, Robert W Hobson II, Thomas G Brott
发表日期
2010/3/1
期刊
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
卷号
19
期号
2
页码范围
153-162
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
The success of carotid artery stenting in preventing stroke requires a low risk of periprocedural stroke and death. A comprehensive training and credentialing process was prerequisite to the randomized Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial (CREST) to assemble a competent team of interventionalists with low periprocedural event rates. Interventionalists submitted cases to a multidisciplinary Interventional Management Committee. This committee evaluated 427 applicants. Of these, 238 (56%) were selected to participate in the training program and the lead-in phase, 73 (17%) who had clinical registry experience and satisfactory results with the devices used in CREST were exempt from training and were approved for the randomized phase, and 116 (27%) did not qualify for training. At 30 days in the lead-in study, stroke, myocardial infarction, or death occurred in 6.1% of symptomatic …
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