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Recurrent Stenosis and Contralateral Occlusion: High-risk Situations in Carotid Endarterectomy?

  • Papers Presented at the Thirteenth Annual Winter Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society
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Annals of Vascular Surgery

Abstract

Carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) has been proposed as a treatment option for carotid occlusive disease in high-risk patients including those with recurrent stenosis (RS) and contralateral occlusion (CO). This study reviews the results of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with RS and CO. We conducted a retrospective review from our vascular registry of 1670 patients who underwent CEAs (n = 1950) from January 1990 through December 2001. Procedures included RS 86 (4.4%), CO 112 (5.7%), and control 1752 (89.9%). There were 37 strokes in the entire group (1.9%). Among the high-risk group with RS and CO, there were 6 strokes, (RS n = 2, CO n = 4) 3%. There were 31 strokes in the control group 1.8% (p = NS). Postoperative TIAs were observed more frequently in patients with CO (n = 2) or RS (n = 2), 1.8% and 2.3%, respectively (p < 0.05). Neck hematomas, intracerebral hemorrhages, and myocardial infarctions did not differ between groups. Three deaths occurred within 30 days (0.15%); one was a patient with CO. Renal failure and symptomatic disease were each associated with a higher risk of perioperative stroke; among patients with renal failure there were 6 strokes (4.6%) p < 0.05, in symptomatic patients there were 26 strokes (2.7%) p < 0.05. Multivariate logistic regression analysis confirmed that preoperative renal disease and surgery for symptomatic disease were both significant predictors of perioperative stroke (p < 0.05; odds ratio 2.177 and 2.943 respectively) while neither RS nor CO was from these results we concluded that the presence of RS and CO do not increase the risk of perioperative stroke in CEA.

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    Christoph Domenig MD, Allen D. Hamdan MD, Alana K. Belfield BA, David R. Campbell MD, John J. Skillman MD, Frank W. LoGerfo MD & Frank B. Pomposelli Jr., MD

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Domenig, C., Hamdan, A.D., Belfield, A.K. et al. Recurrent Stenosis and Contralateral Occlusion: High-risk Situations in Carotid Endarterectomy? . Ann Vasc Surg 17, 622–628 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10016-003-0068-0

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