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Endarterectomy is a
surgical procedure to
remove the
atheromatous plaque material, or blockage, in the
lining of an
artery constricted by the
buildup of...
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Carotid endarterectomy is a
surgical procedure used to
reduce the risk of
stroke from
carotid artery stenosis (narrowing the
internal carotid artery)....
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endarterectomy decreases the 5-year risk of
ischemic stroke by
about 16%. For
those with extra-cranial
stenosis less than 50%,
carotid endarterectomy...
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pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), also
referred to as
pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), is an
operation that
removes organized clotted blood (thrombus)...
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treatment options available including the
standard treatment of
pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA).
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) and
pulmonary vasodilator...
- Meanwhile,
treatment can vary from
surgical interventions such as byp****,
endarterectomy, and embolectomy, to blood-thinning medication.
Signs and
symptoms of...
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perform at
least 60
abdominal aortic aneurysm procedures and 40
carotid endarterectomies a year. 12
trusts missed both
targets and many more
missed one of them...
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severe (50–99% blockage) stenosis, and symptoms,
should have "urgent"
endarterectomy within 2 w****s. When the
plaque does not
cause symptoms,
people are...
- Iatrogenic:
Amaurosis fugax can
present as a
complication following carotid endarterectomy,
carotid angiography,
cardiac catheterization, and
cardiac byp****. Ocular...
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narrowing of the
carotid artery in high-risk patients, when
carotid endarterectomy is
considered too risky.
Carotid stenting is used to
reduce the risk...
