What is the risk of stroke and death after carotid endarterectomy in the United States in 2003 and 2004?
McPhee JT, Hill JS, Ciocca RG, Messina LM, Eslami MH found that carotid endarterectomy was performed with lower stroke and death rates than carotid artery stenting in the United States in 2003 and 2004 (McPhee et al. 2007). Kresowik TF, Bratzler DW, Kresowik RA, Hendel ME, Grund SL, Brown KR, Nilasena DS found that multistate improvement in process and outcomes of carotid endarterectomy had also been observed (Kresowik et al. 2004). Goodney PP, Lucas FL, Likosky DS, Malenka DJ, Fisher ES further concluded that there have been changes in the use of carotid revascularization among the Medicare population (Goodney et al. 2008).