Action
Intravascular procedure to maintain carotid artery patency

Status
Multicenter randomized trials comparing carotid endarterectomy with stent placement ongoing.

Trial(s)
  = Ongoing
  = Completed

	MAVEriC III	Evaluation of the Medtronic AVE Self-Expanding Carotid Stent System With Distal Protection In the Treatment of Carotid Stenosis
	PASCAL	Performance And Safety of the Medtronic AVE Self-Expandable Stent in Treatment of Carotid Artery Lesions
	ARCHeR	ACCULINK for Revascularization of Carotids in High-Risk Patients
	BEACH	Boston Scientific EPI-A Carotid Stenting Trial for High Risk Surgical Patients
	CAPTURE 2 Registry	Carotid ACCULINK/ACCUNET Post Approval Trial to Uncover Rare Events
	CAPTURE	Carotid RX ACCULINK/ACCUNET Post-Approval Trial to Uncover Unanticipated or Rare Events
		Carotid Artery Stenting vs. Carotid Endarterectomy
	CREST	Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs Stent Trial
		Drug-Eluting Stents for the Treatment of Intracranial Atherosclerosis.
	EVA-3S	Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients with Severe Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis
	EXACT	Emboshield and Xact Post Approval Carotid Stent Trial
	ICSS (CAVATAS-2)	International Carotid Stenting Study
	SAPPHIRE	Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection in Patients and HIgh Risk for Endarterectomy
	SHELTER	Stenting of High risk patients Extracranial Lesions Trial with Emboli Removal
		Silent Cerebral Infarcts After Carotid Endarterectomy Or Stenting And The Risk Of Cognitive Decline
	SPACE	Stent-protected Percutaneous Angioplasty of the Carotid vs. Endarterectomy

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