Background: Published results for carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in symptomatic and asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis with diabetes mellitus (DM) are contradictory. To evaluate perioperative and long-term results of CEA in patients with DM, we retrospectively analyzed data of patients with or without DM who underwent CEA in our institute.
Methods: Between January 2005 and December 2010, 281 consecutive CEAs were performed in 268 patients under general anesthesia. All patients were subject to cardiac work-ups before surgery, and coronary revascularization was performed prior to CEA if patients were diagnosed with significant coronary artery stenosis. Lesion characteristics were assessed by a duplex ultrasound scan, computed tomography angiography (CTA), and plaque imaging on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before surgery, and patients were followed-up by a duplex ultrasound scan at three, six, and 12 months, then yearly, after surgery.
Results: Of 281 cases, 136 had DM (48 %). Diabetic patients more frequently had a history of coronary artery disease than non-diabetic patients (48.5 % vs. 36.6 %, P = 0.042). Coronary intervention prior to CEA was more frequently performed in diabetic patients than in non-diabetic patients (22.1 % vs. 11.0 %, P = 0.013). The incidence of perioperative (30 day) stroke (P = 1.000), death (P = 1.000), and cardiac complications (P = 0.484) did not differ among groups. Follow-up was available in 77.2 % of patients, with a median duration of 50 months (interquartile range, 32.1-67.2 months). The incidence of ipsilateral stroke (P = 0.720), death (P = 0.351), and severe restenosis (peak systolic velocity > 230 cm/sec) (P = 0.905) were not different between groups.
Conclusions: DM does not increase the risk of perioperative complications and does not influence long-term outcomes after CEA if preexisting vascular risk factors and cardiac diseases are appropriately evaluated and treated before surgery.
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