Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1227-1234 , June 2008

Staged bilateral carotid stenting, an effective strategy in high-risk patients – insights from a prospective multicenter trial

  • Nicolas Diehm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, Fla
    • Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Division of Clinical and Interventional Angiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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  • Barry T. Katzen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, Fla
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Barry T. Katzen, MD, Founder and Medical Director, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 North Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176.
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  • Sriram S. Iyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
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  • Christopher J. White, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, La
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  • L. Nelson Hopkins, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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  • Lynne Kelley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, Mass
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  • BEACH investigators

Received 4 November 2007 ,Accepted 12 January 2008.

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    Kaplan-Meier analysis of primary endpoint. Cumulative freedom from major adverse events did not differ between patients from the pivotal and from the bilateral group (P = .5479 by log-rank).

    Kaplan-Meier analysis of primary endpoint. Cumulative freedom from major adverse events did not differ between patients from the pivotal and from the bilateral group (P = .5479 by log-rank).

 The BEACH trial was supported by Boston Scientific Corporation.

 Competition of interest: Drs Iyer, Hopkins, and Katzen are consultants of Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC); Dr Kelley is former employee of BSC; Drs Iyer, Hopkins, and Katzen are stockholders of BSC; Drs Hopkins and Katzen receive educational grant support from BSC; Drs White and Diehm have no conflicts to report related to this trial.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00107-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.035

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1227-1234 , June 2008

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