[Myocardial ischemia and carotid surgery. Holter study of 21 severe coronary patients. Preventive effect of intravenous trinitrin].

Cervical carotid artery surgery is increasingly being performed in elderly, polyvascular, high risk patients, some of whom have severe coronary artery disease. Is this right? The effects of this almost routine surgical procedure from the technical point of view were analysed with respect to the coronary lesions. 1.