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 ...

The purpose of this study was to compare the perioperative and long-term results of initial successful remote iliac artery endarterectomies (RIAEs) with converted procedures. From April 1994 to ...

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 ...

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 ...