Clinical trials: Indication for Carotid Endarterectomy
Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis, Hypercholesterolemia
The Multicenter Atorvastatin Plaque Stabilization (MAPS) Study
The impact on cardiovascular events achieved by statin therapy seems to be mostly attributable to the cholesterol-lowering effect with a highly debated contribution of the lipid-independent pleiotropic effects.
- Conditions
- Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis, Hypercholesterolemia, Indication for Carotid Endarterectomy
- Trial name
- MAPS (NCT01053065)
- Testing
- Atorvastatin - Cholestyramine - Sitosterol
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Padova
Internal Carotid Stenosis
Medico-economic Evaluation of Preoperative Cerebral Oximetry Monitoring During Carotid Endarterectomy
In France, in 2007, 17 000 patients underwent carotid endarterectomy. The risk of having an ipsilateral postoperative stroke after carotid endarterectomy remains at 1-1.5%.
- Trial name
- EMOCAR (NCT01415648)
- Testing
- cerebral oximetry monitoring using INVOS™ and hemodynamic optimisation, standard cerebral monitoring and hemodynamic optimisation
- Where
- 19 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 879 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital