UK Carotid endarterectomy audit (CIA) - Round 4 public report

The Carotid Interventions Audit was initiated in 2005 as a collaboration between the Vascular Society of Great Britain & Ireland and the Royal College of Physicians. Its purpose is to gather information about the pathway of care for patients with carotid stenosis who undergo carotid interventions (either surgery or endovascular stenting). Data allows the audit to follow the patient journey and compare clinical performance with national guidelines for care delivery.

The audit covers carotid endarterectomies performed in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. However the data files here on cover information on English NHS trusts.

The data here is for Round 4 of the audit, which covered operations undertaken between October 2010 and September 2011 that were submitted to the National Vascular Database by the end of December 2011.

该颈动脉介入审计项目始于2005年，由英国及爱尔兰血管学会与皇家医学院共同发起。其旨在收集关于颈动脉狭窄患者在接受颈动脉介入治疗（包括手术或血管内支架植入）过程中的护理路径信息。所收集的数据使得审计能够追踪患者诊疗过程，并将临床绩效与国家护理指南进行对比分析。

审计涵盖在英国、北爱尔兰、苏格兰和威尔士进行的颈动脉内膜剥脱术。然而，此处提供的数据文件仅包含英格兰国家卫生服务信托机构的信息。

这些数据是关于第4轮审计的数据，该轮审计覆盖了从2010年10月至2011年9月进行的手术，并在2011年12月31日之前提交至国家血管数据库。