Heart Disease Therapy
Study results from Erasmus University, Department of Cardiology provide new insights into heart disease therapy
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, November 2nd, 2007
A new study, 'Carotid artery stenting versus endarterectomy in relation to perioperative myocardial ischemia, troponin T release and major cardiac events,' is now available. "' Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is less invasive than endarterectomy. This study examined differences in perioperative myocardial ischemia, troponin T release and clinical cardiac events in patients undergoing CAS compared with endarterectomy," investigators in Rotterdam, Netherlands report.
"In an observational study, CAS was performed in 24 and carotid endarterectomy in 44 patients. Before surgery, clinical risk factors were noted and dobutamine stress echocardiography was performed for cardiac...
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