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Carotid Endarterectomy

Techniques and Evidence-Based Medicine

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Handbook Of Complex Percutaneous Carotid Intervention

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Abstract

Internal carotid artery stenosis is responsible for approx 30% of ischemic strokes. Since the beginning of the 20th century, various surgical procedures were used for the prevention of stroke. The first successful case of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) was reported by DeBakey in 1953. Since then, CEA has been continually refined and is now the gold standard procedure to prevent largeartery stroke. In this chapter we describe the procedure, and discuss the benefits and risks of CEA as compared with medical treatment.

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  1. Vascular Surgery Felow, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Joël Gagnon MD

  2. Division of Vascular Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    York N. Hsiang MB ChB, MHSC, FRCSC (Professor of Surgery)

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  1. Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Jacqueline Saw MD

  2. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez,”, Mexico City, Mexico

    J. Emilio Exaire MD

  3. Interventional Cardiology, Hillsboro Cardiology, Hillsboro, OR

    David S. Lee MD

  4. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Jay S. Yadav MD

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Gagnon, J., Hsiang, Y.N. (2007). Carotid Endarterectomy. In: Saw, J., Exaire, J.E., Lee, D.S., Yadav, J.S. (eds) Handbook Of Complex Percutaneous Carotid Intervention. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-002-7_3

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