Publications

Second asymptomatic carotid surgery trial (ACST-2): a randomised comparison of carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy

Halliday A, Bulbulia R, Bonati LH, Chester J, Cradduck-Bamford A, Peto R, Pan H

ACST-2 Collaborative Group

Volume 398, Issue 10305, 18–24 September 2021, Pages 1065-1073. The Lancet

Stenting or Surgery for Carotid Stenosis? The Largest Trial in the World Nears Completion.

Halliday A, Bulbulia R.

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2019 Aug;58(2):159-160.

Meta-analysis of the procedural risks of carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting over time. 

Lokuge K, de Waard DD, Halliday A, Gray A, Bulbulia R, Mihaylova B.

Br J Surg. 2018 Jan;105(1):26-36.

Choices of Stent and Cerebral Protection in the Ongoing ACST-2 Trial: A Descriptive Study. de Waard DD, Halliday A, de Borst GJ, Bulbulia R, Huibers A, Casana R, Bonati LH, Tolva V; ACST-2 Collaborative Group.Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2017 May;53(5):617-625. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2016.12.034. Epub 2017 Mar 11.PMID: 28291675 Free article. Clinical Trial.

Erratum to "Choices of Stent and Cerebral Protection in the Ongoing ACST-2 Trial: A Descriptive Study" [Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 53 (2017) 617-625] de Waard DD, Halliday A, de Borst GJ, Bulbulia R, Huibers A, Casana R, Bonati LH, Tolva V; ACST-2 Collaborative Group.Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2017 Sep;54(3):407. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.06.013. Epub 2017 Jul 5.PMID: 28688835 Free article. No abstract available

R Bulbulia, A Halliday The Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-2 (ACST-2): An ongoing randomised trial comparing carotid endarterectomy with carotid artery stenting to prevent stroke HTA, 2017;21(57)

D. de Waard, G.J. de Borst, R. Bulbulia, H. Pan, A. Halliday, on behalf of the ACST-1 collaborative group Pre-operative carotid plaque echolucency assessment has no predictive value for long-term risk of stroke or cardiovascular death in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg (2017) 54(2):135-141   10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.05.013

A Halliday, R Bulbulia, D de Waard, GJ de Borst, A Huibers, R Casana, V Tolva Choices of Stent and Cerebral Protection in the ongoing ACST-2 Trial Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg (2017) 53, 617-625 10.1016/j.ejvs.2016.12.034

D. De Waard, GJ de Borst, R Bulbulia, A. Huibers, A. Halliday Diastolic blood pressure is an independent risk factor for periprocedural stroke following carotid endarterectomy in asymptomatic patients Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg (2017) 53, 626-63110.1016/j.ejvs.2017.02.004

G Howard, G S Roubin, O Jansen, J Hendrikse, A Halliday, G Fraedrich, H H Eckstein, D Calvet, R Bulbulia, LH     Bonati, J P Becquemin, A Algra, P Martin, M. Brown, P A Ringleb, T G Brott, J L Mas, on behalf of the Carotid Stenosis Trialists’ Collaboration Association between age and risk of stroke or death from carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting: a meta-analysis of pooled patient data from four randomised trials The Lancet 2016; 387(10025):1305-1311 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01309-4

J. Streifler; A. G. den Hartog; S. Pan; H. Pan; R Bulbulia; D.J. Thomas; M.M. Brown & A Halliday on behalf of the ACST-2 trial collaborators 10-year risk of stroke in patients with previous cerebral infarction and the impact of carotid surgery in ACST-1 Int J Stroke, July 201610.1177/1747493016660319

A Huibers, R Bulbulia, GJ de Borst, A Halliday, on behalf of the ACST collaborative group. Clinical experience amongst surgeons in the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-1 Cerebrovasc Dis 2016;42:339-345 June 2016 doi: 10.1159/000446079

A Huibers, GJ de Borst, R Bulbulia, A. Halliday, on behalf of ACST-1 collaborative group The mechanism of procedural stroke following carotid endarterectomy within the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial 1 (ACST-1) Cerebrovasc Dis,  2016;42:178-185 10.1159/000444651

A. Halliday, A Huibers; R Bulbulia; R Bulbulia; H Pan on behalf of ACST-1 collaborative group Plaque echolucency and the risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis within the first Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST-1) Eur J Vasc Endovasc, available online Dec 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.11.013

A Halliday, A Huibers, R Bulbulia, G Coppi, GJ de Borst on behalf of ACST-1 collaborative group Antiplatelet therapy in carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy in the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-2 Eur J Vasc Endovasc March 2016; 51(3):336-342

A Huibers, GJ de Borst, R Bulbulia, AW Halliday, on behalf of ACST-1 collaborative group Definite plaque echolucency is associated with a higher risk of ipsilateral ischaemic stroke during early follow up in the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-1 (ACST-1)  Eur J Vasc Endovasc, Sep 2015; Vol.50:396

AD Giannoukas, KI Paraskevas, R Bulbulia, A Halliday Ocular Defects as Surrogate End-Points in Trials Comparing Carotid Endarterectomy and Stenting Eur J Vasc Endovasc 2014; 48:105–106

E Touzé, L Trinquart, R Felgueiras, K Rerkasem, LH Bonati, G Meliksetyan, PA Ringleb, JL Mas, MM Brown, PM Rothwell; Carotid Stenting Trialists’ Collaboration. A clinical rule (sex, contralateral occlusion, age, and restenosis) to select patients for stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: systematic review of observational studies with validation in randomized trials Stroke. 2013 Dec;44(12):3394-400

R. Bulbulia, A. Halliday ACST-2 - An update. A large, simple randomised trial to compare carotid endarterectomy versus carotid artery stenting to prevent stroke in asymptomatic patients. An Update.Gefasschirurgie 2013; 18(7):626–632 10.1007/s00772-013-1237-2

ACST-2 Collaborative Group, A Halliday, R Bulbulia, W Gray, A Naughten, A den Hartog, A Delmestri, C Wallis, S le Conte, S Macdonald Status update and interim results from the asymptomatic carotid surgery trial-2 (ACST-2) European Journal of Vascular and EndoVascular Surgery 2013 Nov; 46(5):510-8

A.G. den Hartog, A Halliday, E. Hayter, H. Pan, X. Kong, F. Moll, G.J De Borst; Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial Collaborators. Risk of Stroke From New Carotid Artery Occlusion in the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-1 Stroke 2013; 44: 1652-1659

S. Macdonald, A. Halliday The Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial 2: Background and aims of the ACST-2 study. Endovascular Today 2012;11(10):71-74

A Halliday, M. Harrison, E. Hayter, X. Kong, A.O. Mansfield, J. Morro, H. Pan, R. Peto, J. Potter, K. Rahim, A. Rau, S. Robertson, J. Streifler, D. Thomas 10-year stroke prevention after successful carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis (ACST-1): a multicentre randomised trial The Lancet 2010; Vol 376: 1074-84

N. Rudarakanchana, M Dialynas, A Halliday, Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial -2 (ACST-2): Rationale for a randomised clinical trial comparing carotid endarterectomy with carotid artery stenting in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis European Journal of Vascular and EndoVascular Surgery 2009; Vol 38, p239-42

A Halliday, A.O. Mansfield, J. Marro, C. Peto, R. Peto, J. Potter, D.J. Thomas; MRC Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST) Collaborative Group Prevention of disabling and fatal strokes by successful carotid endarterectomy in patients without recent neurological symptoms: randomised controlled trial Lancet 2004;363(9420):1491-502. Letters in: Lancet. 2004;364:416

S. Sleight, J. Poloniecki, A Halliday Changes in Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis in Patients on Medical Treatment Alone European Journal of Vascular and EndoVascular Surgery 2002;23:519-523

PA Robless, M Emson, DJ Thomas, AO Mansfield, A Halliday Are we detecting and operating on high risk patients in the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial? European Journal of Vascular & EndoVascular Surgery 1998;16:59-64

A Halliday on behalf of the collaborators The Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial - rationale and design European Journal of Vascular & EndoVascular Surgery 1994;8:703-710