Morbimortality of endovascular therapy in the treatment of extracraneal carotid artery stenosis. Colombia 1996-2008

For the treatment of the carotid disease the endarterectomy is recommended as the first election, saving the angioplasty stent for patients with surgical risk, due to comorbidities or the location of the stenosis. Objetive: To evaluate the morbidity, mortality and benefits of endovascular therapy: angioplasty and stenting for the treatment of carotid stenosis in patients treated during a period of 12 years. Materials and methods: Between september 1996 and may 2008, 174 angioplasties and implantation of stent were realized in 148 patients (26 of which were treated for bilateral stenosis). Results and discussion: The results showed a mortality of 2 % that is less or equal to the reported in the world literature.