A multicenter retrospective audit of carotid endarterectomies performed during 1981 was completed with 46 institutions contributing 3,328 cases. Overall, there was a 2.5% risk of transient neurological dysfunction following surgery and a 6% risk of stroke or death. The intra-institutional combined major morbidity and mortality varied from 21% to 0. Those institutions with greater than 700 beds ...

Carotid occlusive disease remains an important cause of ischemic stroke. The results of large, randomized, clinical trials have established the benefit of surgical revascularization in patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid stenosis. The introduction of balloon angioplasty and stenting of the extracranial carotid artery as a potential alternative to surgery has been received with ent...

Background and Purpose—This study reports the surgical results in those patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy in the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET). Methods—The rates of perioperative stroke and death at 30 days and the final assessment of stroke severity at 90 days were calculated. Regression modeling was used to identify variables that increased or de...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study reports the surgical results in those patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy in the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET). METHODS The rates of perioperative stroke and death at 30 days and the final assessment of stroke severity at 90 days were calculated. Regression modeling was used to identify variables that increased or ...

Coronary artery restenosis after angioplasty continues to affect about 30% of patients undergoing this procedure despite extensive efforts to reduce its incidence.3 Recurrent carotid artery stenosis after endarterectomy occurs in about 20% of these arteries, but functional impairment necessitating surgery develops in only a fraction of the cases.4,5 Whereas angioplasty and carotid endarterectom...