[Determining surgical policy in combined atherosclerotic lesion of carotid arteries in patients with uncomplicated aortic aneurysm].

Presented herein are the outcomes of managing a total of twenty-six patients suffering from an uncomplicated abdominal aorta aneurysm with a concomitant atherosclerotic lesion of the coronary arteries, referred to our Clinic over the period form 2003 to 2006. Of these, nineteen (70%) patients were diagnosed with the first (symptom-free) stage of cerebral ischaemic disease, and six presented with the second stage [to have endured a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) within the terms from 16 to 3 months prior to admission]. Two patients had residual events of the previously sustained acute cerebral ischaemia (ACI) (stage 4).