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Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis [PDF]
Reasonable doubt justifies randomisation European and North American clinicians have always differed in their management of carotid artery disease.1 Carotid endarterectomy is one of the commonest vascular procedures in North America, with over 360 operations per million population being performed each year.1 Meanwhile, despite the fact that the first ...
Alun H. Davies+3 more
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Surgery of Carotid Artery Stenosis [PDF]
J. R. Kenyon, A. E. Thompson
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Objectives: We aimed to determine the prevalence of significant carotid stenosis in maintenance hemodialysis patients and to identify biochemical and echocardiographic predictors of significant carotid stenosis in those patients.
Mustafa Mücahit Balcı+5 more
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Abstract Cardiovascular disease is a leading complication after both liver and kidney transplantation. Factors associated with and rates of cardiovascular events (CVEs) after simultaneous liver–kidney transplant (SLKT) are unknown. This was a retrospective cohort study of adult SLKT recipients between 2002 and 2017 at six centers in six United Network ...
Jennifer Jo+19 more
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Carotid Artery Stenting Versus Endarterectomy for Treatment of Carotid Artery Stenosis [PDF]
Carotid artery stenting is an alternative to carotid endarterectomy for the treatment of atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis. This review updates a previous version first published in 1997 and subsequently updated in 2004, 2007, and 2012.To assess the benefits and risks of stenting compared with endarterectomy in people with symptomatic or ...
Leo H. Bonati+5 more
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Optimal management of concomitant coronary artery disease and carotid artery stenosis remains unknown. Current treatment strategies for patients with significant dual disease burden include simultaneous carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass ...
Zachary F. Williams, MD+5 more
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Head and neck cancer (HNC) shares some risk factors with cardiovascular disease. Neck radiotherapy (RT) causes carotid artery injury and stenosis. In HNC patients treated with RT, the prevalence rate of severe (>70%) carotid artery stenosis is >10%, and ...
Deng-Yu Kuo+4 more
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Background: Significant carotid artery disease in candidates going for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) increases the risk of developing peri-operative neurologic events. Therefore, a pre-operative carotid Doppler ultrasonography, which is simple, non-
Abiodun M Adeoye+3 more
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Carotid Artery Stenosis in Diabetic Patients Presenting With Acute Ischemic Stroke
Background: Stroke is the commonest life-threatening neurological disorder. The Abnormal narrowing or stenosis of the Carotid Artery is a major determinant of ischemic stroke in diabetic patients.
Wishhal Sundar+5 more
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Rate of carotid stenosis in diabetic patients with lower limb chronic ischemia
Background: The existence of a high-grade stenosis in the carotid arteries is thought to increase the risk of stroke in people with asymptomatic carotid illness.
Walid M. Gamal+3 more
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