Clinical Outcomes of Second- versus First-Generation Carotid Stents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Adam MazurekKrzysztof MalinowskiKenneth RosenfieldLaura CapocciaFrancesco SpezialeGianmarco De DonatoCarlo SetacciChristian WissgottPasqualino SirignanoLukasz TekieliAndrey A KarpenkoWaclaw KuczmikEugenio StabileDavid Christopher MetzgerMax AmorAdnan H SiddiquiAntonio MicariPiotr PieniążekAlberto CremonesiJoachim SchoferAndrej SchmidtPiotr Musialeknull nullPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
Pooled SGS use was associated with improved short- and long-term clinical results of CAS. Individual SGS types, however, differed significantly in their outcomes, indicating a lack of a "mesh stent" class effect. Findings from this meta-analysis may provide clinically relevant information in anticipation of large-scale randomized trials.