Response to No Gender Influences on Clinical Outcomes and Durability of Repair Following Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Angioplasty with Stenting

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Dalainas I. , Nano G. , Bianchi P. , Casana R. , Malacrida G. , Tealdi DG Carotid endarterectomy in patients with contralateral carotid artery occlusion . Ann Vasc Surg. 2007;21:16-22.

Akbari C. , Pullings M. , Pomposelli F. , Gibbons G. , Campbell, D. , Logerfo FW Gender and carotid endarterectomy: does it matter? J Vasc Surg. 2000;31: 1103-1109.

Mattos M. , Sumner D. , Bohannon T. , et al. Carotid endarterectomy in women: challenging the results from ACAS and NASCET. Ann Surg. 2001;234:438-446.

James D. , Hughes J. , Mills J. , Westerband A. The influence of gender on complications of carotid endartectomy. Am J Surg. 2001;182:654-657.

Lane J. , Shekerherdimian S. , Moore W. Does female gender or hormone replacement therapy affect early or late outcome after carotid endarterectomy? J Vasc Surg. 2003;37:568-574.

LaMuraglia G. , Stoner M. , Brewster D. , et al. Determinants of carotid endarterectomy anatomic durability: effects of serum lipids and lipid-lowering drugs. J Vasc Surg. 2005; 41:762-768.

Mannheim D. , Weller B. , Vahadim E. , Karmeli R. Carotid endarterectomy with a polyurethane patch versus primary closure: A prospective randomized study. J Vasc Surg. 2005;41:403-407.

McPhee JT , Hill JS , Ciocca RG , Messina LM , Eslami MH Carotid endarectomy was performed with lower stroke and death rates than carotid artery stenting in the United States in 2003 and 2004. J Vasc Surg. 2007;46: 1112-1118.