Transcarotid Artery Revascularization for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Zhi-Cheng Jiang, Qi-Fei Hu, Jia-Ming Huang, Xian-Wei Wang, Tong Lin, Xi-Lin Gao, Jia-Wen Cui, Jing-Lin Zhao, Dong Chen, Shu-Peng Li · 2026
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Jiang and co-authors pooled surgical evidence on a newer neck artery procedure, in a 2026 meta-analysis. Transcarotid artery revascularization threads a stent through a small neck incision, aiming to clear silent carotid narrowing with less risk than open surgery or the older groin-route stent. The reviewers gathered studies of symptom-free patients and compared all three options on stroke, death, and heart attack.
Against the groin-route stent, the neck procedure won clearly on early stroke and death. Against open surgery it tied on stroke and death at thirty days, caused fewer heart attacks, yet lost slightly on combined outcomes by one year. Because nearly all data were observational, the authors ask for randomized trials.
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| CREATOR | Zhi-Cheng Jiang, Qi-Fei Hu, Jia-Ming Huang, Xian-Wei Wang, Tong Lin, Xi-Lin Gao, Jia-Wen Cui, Jing-Lin Zhao, Dong Chen, Shu-Peng Li |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |