Study of Blood Flow Changes and Microemboli During Carotid Surgery

University of Campinas, Brazil

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cognitive Aspects; Carotid Endarterectomy; Diffusion Weighted MRI; Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty

Treatments: Procedure: carotid stenting; Procedure: carotid endarterectomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01343615

MES2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical and radiologic implications of the intraoperative microemboli during carotid revascularization.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• acoustic window for transcranial Doppler
• surgical criteria proposed by the NASCET and ACAS studies
• postoperative follow-up for at least six months
• patient consent

Exclusion criteria

• carotid restenosis
• combined surgery
• emergency surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

carotid stenting

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: carotid stenting

carotid endarterectomy

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: carotid endarterectomy