Factors Affecting the Outcome of Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis Surgical Treatment in a Single-center Series

Retrospective, single-center review between January 2010 and June 2020. We included 134 patients (93 male) with symptomatic ipsilateral carotid stenosis ischemic brain lesions assessed by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) RAPID processing underwent endarterectomy (CEA). Patients who CEA within 48 hours of symptoms suffered a significantly higher rate postoperative stroke (emergent = 11%) compared 2 14 days (urgent 1.5%) after (elective 0%). Ischemic lesion volume less than 10 mL based on DW-MRI was an independent risk factor for stroke. Optimal timing is symptoms. more reliable threshold value to predict adverse neurological results in artery stenosis.