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 | | But, he added, the new metaanalysis and its focus on the rate of 30-day death or stroke is useful for helping patients select the type of carotid intervention they'd prefer. |
 | | These studies involved a total of 1,269 patients, and a metaanalysis of the five, published about a year ago, showed that the incidence of any stroke or death during the first 30 days of postprocedural follow-up was 33% higher in patients treated with stenting, compared with those who had endarterectomy (Stroke 2005;36:905-11). |
 | | When the results of both the SPACE and EVA-3S trials were added to the previous metaanalysis results, overall numbers showed an 8.2% periprocedural death or stroke rate among 1,492 patients treated with stenting, and a 5.9% rate among 1,480 patients treated with endarterectomy, a statistically significant difference. |
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