Carotid Stenting Registry Data: Low Death, Stroke Rates: The overall adverse events rate was 5.7%.

ATLANTA — Carotid stenting of asymptomatic, high-risk patients who were less than 80 years old had a 4.2% rate of death, myocardial infarction, or stroke during 30 days of follow-up in more than 1,700 registry patients.