Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High‐Risk for Endarterectomy: SAPPHIRE Worldwide Registry First 2,001 Patients

W. Massop, Douglas; Davé, Rajesh; Metzger, Christopher; Bachinsky, Williams; M. Solis, Maurice; Shah, Rasesh; Schultz, Greg; Schreiber, Theodore; Ashchi, Majdi; Hibbard, Robbert

doi:10.1002/ccd.21844

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Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High‐Risk for Endarterectomy: SAPPHIRE Worldwide Registry First 2,001 Patients

Published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions • Oct 15, 2008

Authors:

Douglas W. Massop

Rajesh Davé

Christopher Metzger

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Previously, the Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection of Patients with High Risk for Endarterectomy (SAPPHIRE) randomized trial showed that carotid artery stenting (CAS) was not inferior to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in the treatment of high-surgical risk patients. OBJECTIVE: The pr...

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Medicine

Angioplasty

Endarterectomy

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