Comments: to stent or not to stent.

The article focuses on the efficacy of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in carotid artery stenosis as compared to carotid stenting (CAS). It mentions the two trials including the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial and Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study which served as historical basis in contrast with the result of CAS. The French endarterectomy versus angioplasty in symptomatic severe carotid stenosis patients found that CAS has higher stroke and death rate than CEA.