Abstract
Most cerebrovascular accidents (approximately 60%) are related to atheromatous disease of the extracranial carotid arteries1. The first carotid reconstruction was reported in 19542. In 1988, the Rand Corporation published a report which reviewed the indications for carotid endarterectomy and concluded that the operation was being overused3, and the role of carotid endarterectomy has been questioned. Recently, the efforts of a number of experts in the field have resulted in the initiation of several randomized prospective clinical trials designed to determine precisely the natural history and associated stroke risk of carotid artery atheromatous lesions4–6. The preliminary results of these trials are now available, and some 40 years after Eastcott’s initial report describing operative repair of a carotid artery lesion, the proper role of carotid surgery is finally being clearly defined.
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Colburn, M.D., Moore, W.S. (1994). Carotid endarterectomy. In: Jamieson, C.W., Yao, J.S.T. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6854-8_10
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