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Overview and patient selection for carotid endarterectomy
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Overview and patient selection for carotid endarterectomy

James D. Guest, Nicholas Theodore, Robert F. Spetzler and A. Giancarlo Vishteh
Operative techniques in neurosurgery, Vol.1(4), pp.152-159
1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1092-440X(98)80010-8

Abstract

This article reviews the risk factors, natural history, and treatment options for the management of atherosclerotic carotid artery disease. Preoperative considerations and indications for surgical intervention are also reviewed. Algorithms for the management of symptomatic and asymptomatic stenoses are presented.

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