Long-Term Results of Carotid Artery Stents to Manage Symptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis and Factors That Affect Outcome

Abstract

Patients with retinal presentations are a lower risk group to treat. Residual stenosis or restenosis >50% has a statistically significant trend to an increased risk of recurrence for ipsilateral stroke in the long term in this population. In our patients, a combination of procedural modifications and pharmacological changes seems to improve outcomes.