Table 1.
Selected baseline characteristics of the included randomized controlled trials.
Fig 1.
The cumulative incidence of the composite outcome of death or stroke.
CAS: Carotid Artery Stenting; CEA: Carotid Endarterectomy; ACT I: Asymptomatic Carotid Trial I; CREST: Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial; ICSS: International Carotid Stenting Study; EVA-3S: Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis; BACASS: Basel Carotid Artery Stent Study; CAVATAS: Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study; and Odd Ratio: adopted per 100 patient-years odd ratio.
Fig 2.
The cumulative incidence of stroke.
CAS: Carotid Artery Stenting; CEA: Carotid Endarterectomy; ACT I: Asymptomatic Carotid Trial I; CREST: Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial; ICSS: International Carotid Stenting Study; EVA-3S: Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis; CAVATAS: Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study; Odd Ratio: adopted per 100 patient-years odd ratio.
Fig 3.
The cumulative incidence of long-term all-cause mortality.
CAS: Carotid Artery Stenting; CEA: Carotid Endarterectomy; ACT I: Asymptomatic Carotid Trial I; ICSS: International Carotid Stenting Study; EVA-3S: Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis; CAVATAS: Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study; Odd Ratio: adopted per 100 PYs odd ratio.
Fig 4.
The cumulative incidence of the composite endpoint of death, ipsilateral stroke or periprocedural stroke.
CAS: Carotid Artery Stenting; CEA: Carotid Endarterectomy; ACT I: Asymptomatic Carotid Trial I; CREST: Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial; ICSS: International Carotid Stenting Study; EVA-3S: Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis; BACASS: Basel Carotid Artery Stent Study; CAVATAS: Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study; Odd Ratio: adopted per 100 patient-years odd ratio.
Fig 5.
The cumulative incidence of restenosis.
CAS: Carotid Artery Stenting; CEA: Carotid Endarterectomy; CREST: Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial; ICSS: International Carotid Stenting Study; EVA-3S: Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis; CAVATAS: Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study; Odd Ratio: adopted per 100 patient-years odd ratio.