Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes
Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 07:35
in Health & Medicine
Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis - the narrowing of the carotid artery - is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical outcomes, including heart attack and stroke, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine...