Sept. 26, 2005 — The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has updated its guidelines on carotid endarterectomy (CE). The revised recommendations and underlying evidence are reported in the Sept ...

During carotid endarterectomy, the surgeon will open up the carotid artery, remove the block, and then close it. Which Patients Need a Carotid Endarterectomy / What are the Indications of Carotid ...

During carotid endarterectomy, the surgeon will open up the carotid artery, remove the block, and then close it. Which Patients Need a Carotid Endarterectomy / What are the Indications of Carotid ...

After the publication of results from the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) 2 and the European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST), 3 guidelines for stroke care in the USA ...

The trials and primary results. An early randomized trial to evaluate carotid endarterectomy failed because of inappropriate patient selection, excessive numbers of crossovers and an unacceptably high ...

Patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy have a reduced risk of perioperative stroke if they receive aspirin preoperatively. 28 For long-term secondary prevention of stroke, current guidelines ...

Moore, WS, Barnett, HJM, Beebe, HG, et al. Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: a multidisciplinary consensus statement from the Ad Hoc Committee, American Heart Association. Circulation 1995;91 ...

Barnett HJM, Taylor DW, Eliasziw M, Fox AJ, Ferguson GG, Haynes RB, et al, for the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators. Benefit of carotid endarterectomy in ...

New ACCF/AHA guidelines on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease are published. News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...

Sonolysis, an application of therapeutic ultrasound, reduced periprocedural cerebrovascular events during carotid endarterectomy. The safety profile of sonolysis was supported by a reported lack ...