Safety of Carotid Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Stenosis by Age: Meta-Analysis With Individual Patient Data.

"Disclosures Dr Dardik declared that he is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal JVS-Vascular Science that is published by the Society for Vascular Surgery. The other authors report no conflicts."

"Sources of Funding This study was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Center (BRC). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the National Health Service (NHS), the NIHR, or the Department of Health. The funders of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report."

"We did a systematic review and meta-analysis (PROSPERO ID: CRD42021285266) of studies reporting the post-CEA stroke risk in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis, with reference to the participant’s age. We also performed IPD meta-analysis on 4 included studies."