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Carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011 Stroke is the third leading cause of death and the most common cause of long-term disability. Severe narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery is an important cause of stroke. Surgical treatment (carotid endarterectomy) may reduce the risk of stroke, but carries a risk of operative complications.
Rerkasem, A +3 more
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Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 1991 BACKGROUND Without strong evidence of benefit, the use of carotid endarterectomy for prophylaxis against stroke rose dramatically until the mid-1980s, then declined. Our investigation sought to determine whether carotid endarterectomy reduces the risk of
Barnett Hjm. +10 more
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Brain and Behavior, 2019 Background Carotid artery stenosis, mainly caused by carotid atherosclerosis, is related to ischemic stroke. This study was to investigate whether monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (MLR) was associated with increased severity of carotid stenosis in patients with
Bo Zuo +4 more
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Carotid stenosis: what is the high-risk population? [PDF]
Clinics, 2012 OBJECTIVE: Prevention is the best treatment for cerebrovascular disease, which is why early diagnosis and the immediate treatment of carotid stenosis contribute significantly to reducing the incidence of stroke.
Jong Hun Park +11 more
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Case report: Early carotid stent shortening in patient with radiation-induced carotid stenosis [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 Carotid artery stenting (CAS) for carotid stenosis has been widely used as an alternative treatment in patients not eligible for surgery. The shortening of a carotid stent rarely occurs.
Woochan Choi +4 more
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Carotid Artery Stenting for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: What We Need to Know for Treatment Decision [PDF]
Neurointervention, 2023 A clinical decision on the treatment of asymptomatic carotid stenosis is challenging, unlike symptomatic carotid stenosis. Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has been recommended as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) based on the finding that the ...
Jang-Hyun Baek
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Interobserver Agreement for 10% Categories of Angiographic Carotid Stenosis [PDF]
, 1997 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although the reliability of the assessment of severe 70% to 99% carotid stenosis by carotid angiography has been proven excellent, this may not necessarily be the case for a more detailed classification of carotid stenoses by 10 ...
Diederik W.J. Dippel +3 more
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Carotid endarterectomy for recurrent stenosis [PDF]
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1997 The purpose of this study was to report our results in the surgical management of recurrent carotid stenosis (RCS) after carotid endarterectomy (CEA).In a 20-year period, we performed 1209 CEAs; 82 operations (6.8%) were for RCS. There were 33 men and 36 women, with an average age of 66.3 years.
M. Ashraf Mansour +6 more
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Inflammation and endothelial function relevant genetic polymorphisms in carotid stenosis in southwestern China [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 AimTo evaluate the relationship between carotid stenosis with variants in genes referred to inflammation and endothelial function.MethodsThere was a multi-center, cross sectional survey in southwestern China. The eight communities were selected at random
Lin Liu, Xingyang Yi, Hua Luo, Ming Yu
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Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis [PDF]
British medical journal, 1995 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 ...
C. Irvine +3 more
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