Carotid Artery Stenosis Grading

Grading carotid stenosis based on North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) and European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST)

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Based on ECST, symptomatic patients with ICA stenosis higher than 80% would benefit from carotid endarterectomy.
Based on NASCET, symptomatic patients with ICA stenosis 70-99% would benefit from carotid endarterectomy.
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Reference:
  1. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators, Barnett, H. J. M., Taylor, D. W., Haynes, R. B., Sackett, D. L., Peerless, S. J., Ferguson, G. G., Fox, A. J., Rankin, R. N., Hachinski, V. C., Wiebers, D. O., & Eliasziw, M. (1991). Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. The New England journal of medicine, 325(7), 445–453. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199108153250701
  2. Randomised trial of endarterectomy for recently symptomatic carotid stenosis: final results of the MRC European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST). (1998). Lancet (London, England), 351(9113), 1379–1387.

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