Gender-related risk factors for perioperative stroke after carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients.

Background: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is a surgical procedure used in ischemic brain stroke prevention in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis.

Objectives: This study compares perioperative stroke or death rate after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in male and female patients, and determines risk factors for perioperative incidents in women and men.

Material And Methods: The outcome of surgical treatment of 269 consecutive symptomatic patients (181 men and 88 women) treated from January 2004 to August 2008 in the Department of Vascular, General and Oncologic Surgery was analyzed.

Influence of internal carotid endarterectomy on patients' life quality.

Unlabelled: Appropriate treatment of symptomatic carotid artery stenosis can reduce ischemic cerebral strokes' risk and in some cases eliminate neurological symptoms. Endarterectomy is the most common surgical treatment. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of carotid endarterectomy on neurological symptoms and patients' life quality.

Intracranial occlusions and internal carotid artery stenoses: clinical implications.

Background: The aim of this research was to investigate the influence of intracranial stenoses or occlusions on the outcome of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis. The authors also searched for internal carotid artery plaque's morphology influence on the atherosclerotic process in intracranial arteries.

Methods: The study included 154 patients who underwent angiography and CEA.

Can arteriography serve a diagnostic purpose in plaque type VI by AHA identification in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis?

Subtraction angiography is an invasive diagnostic method, which for a long time was a gold standard in carotid artery and intra-cranial vessel imaging. The aim of this research is to evaluate angiographic imaging in predicting atherosclerotic plaque type VI by AHA morphology and to assess its significance in establishing patients' suitability for a particular operative method. Secondarily, we assessed atherosclerotic lesions in common carotid artery bifurcation.