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Carotid endarterectomy reduces the risk of stroke in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis, but the optimum time to perform surgery has been uncertain. A large study has shown ...
of stroke recurrence (20–30%) over a period of 90 days . A study by Rothwell et al . demonstrated that maximum benefit was achieved when patients with recently developed symptomatic carotid stenosis (sCS ...
Carotid stenosis is a major risk factor for stroke and transient ischaemic attack. Asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid stenoses need to be considered separately. Carotid endarterectomy ...
Carotid artery stenosis (CS) is a major cause of ischemic stroke . Treatment of CS consists of best medical treatment and carotid revascularization (CR), including carotid endarterectomy (CEA ...
was highest in patients with advanced carotid stenosis. Carotid endarterectomy was performed 62 times in 57 patients , with one stroke (1.6%). If carotid endarterectomy is performed with low morbidity ...
in reducing stroke risk in patients with severe stenosis. During the same time , medical therapy has improved considerably, and endovascular therapy with carotid angioplasty and stenting has emerged ...
of endarterectomy have shown that surgery reduces the risk of stroke in patients with ≥ 50% recently symptomatic carotid stenosis, and more recent research has gone some way to wards identifying which patients ...
that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has early (procedural) hazards, but is an effective long-term stroke prevention treatment, in both symptomatic ( patients who have recently had a stroke or transient ischaemic ...
Most patients with severe symptomatic carotid artery disease will benefit from a carotid endarterectomy to reduce the risk of a stroke . The long-term success of vein-patch angioplasty has been ...
, notably North American some patients have identifiable preoperative risk factors Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) and (e.g., contralateral occlusion or recent stroke ), the majority European ...
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