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Stenting Versus Endarterectomy for Treatment of Carotid-Artery Stenosis NEJM 363:11-23, 80, Brott,T.G., et al, 2010 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Among patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid stenosis, the risk of the composite primary outcome of stroke, myocardial infarction, or death did not differ significantly in the group undergoing carotid-artery stenting and the group undergoing carotid endarterectomy. During the periprocedural period, there was a higher risk of stroke with stenting and a higher risk of myocardial infarction with endarterectomy.

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