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artery surgery (carotid endarterectomy) has been the treatment of choice for many years. Carotid artery... rates were lower with carotid surgery but when heart attacks were added to the adverse outcomes... 
during carotid stenosis surgery at the Stockholm South General Hospital (Södersjukhuset). The patients were admitted for surgery since their carotid lesions partly obstructed the blood flow to the brain, causing...
trials performed over the past twenty years have demonstrated the superiority of carotid artery surgery... that balloons and stents for carotid disease may be a beneficial alternative to surgery especially for high risk... 
. They showed that a test called ocular pulse amplitude (OPA) can reliably detect carotid artery stenosis (CAS), a condition... amplitude is a reliable, safe screening test for carotid artery stenosis,” said lead researcher Pascal Bruno... 
to the field of medicine, and is revolutionising areas such as imaging, drug delivery, and even surgery... to plastic surgery, including burns and wounds, bone reconstruction reconstructive surgery and craniofacial...
every year. She would need carotid surgery, an "endarterectomy", if the blockage worsened.
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Rose, a 64-year old woman, just had a 70% carotid blockage identified by a screening ultrasound... 
Carotid surgery is not a major operation, because the artery is close to the surface of the neck... the original here:
Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery
Carotid surgery is not a major operation, because the artery is close to the surface of the neck. It sometimes is done under local anesthesia.
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Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery
artery bypass surgery, the first successful carotid endarterectomy, the first patch-graft angioplasty... surgery. Their achievements have taken cardiac surgery into uncharted waters and their accolades... 
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