The NHS carries out 2,500 carotid endarterectomies (stroke-prevention operations) annually. Ironically, the procedure could trigger a stroke, although surgeons at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary say the ...
Two of these patients had undergone bilateral IA endarterectomy but at separate time intervals; thus, 25 IA endarterectomies were studied. Six patients were diabetic. Eighteen patients were ...
Twenty-five primary IA endarterectomies were performed. Of these, five required more extensive endarterectomy, three of the distal aorta and two of the contralateral IA. Sixteen of the 25 ...
The patients underwent carotid endarterectomies, a procedure in which the artery is opened and the plaque is cleaned out. Patients who'd had previous heart failure, valvular defects, cancer or ...