Background Carotid endarterectomy may significantly reduce the risk of stroke in people
with recently symptomatic, severe carotid artery stenosis. However, there are significant …

Objective: To identify risk factors for operative stroke and death from carotid endarterectomy.
Design: Systematic review of all studies published since 1980 which related risk of stroke …

The management of extracranial cerebrovascular disease, including carotid endarterectomy
(CEA), carotid stenting and medical management is performed by several specialists …

Background Previous studies have shown that carotid endarterectomy in patients with
symptomatic severe carotid stenosis (defined as stenosis of 70 to 99 percent of the luminal …

" This edition has several new features, reflective of the changes that have occurred in our
field over the last 5 years since the fifth edition. More and more, the field of digital recording …

This letter presents a discussion on the Diabetes Empowerment Scale-Short Form. In 2000,
the authors developed the Diabetes Empowerment Scale (DES) to measure the …

Background and Purpose—Acute disruption of atherosclerotic plaques precedes the onset
of clinical syndromes, and studies have implicated a role for matrix metalloproteinases …

Object Intracranial hemorrhage associated with cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS)
following carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid artery stenting (CAS) is a rare but …

Background and Purpose—Reliable data on the risk of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in
relation to clinical indication and timing of surgery are necessary to target CEA more …

Background and Purpose The value of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) depends on the safety
of the operation. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) was used to evaluate the …