PRIMARY PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES OF ENDARTERECTOMY AND ANGIOPLASTY IN THE TREATMENT OF CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS AT A TERTIARY PUBLIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Published: 26 July 2021| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/59hgfhdc3d.1
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, Tiango Ribeiro

Description

Retrospective observational study in patients submitted to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and transluminal carotid angioplasty (TCA), based on the review of 78 medical records divided into 2 groups, according to the presence or absence of symptoms. Patients selected for surgical intervention comprised both asymptomatic with stenosis greater than 80% and symptomatic with >70% stenosis of the lumen of the internal carotid artery (ICA), basing the degrees of stenosis on the NASCET/ECST criteria.

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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

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Carotid Endarterectomy

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