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In 1953, DeBakey performed the first successful carotid endarterectomy for the treatment of an occluded cervical carotid artery. 11 In 1954, Eastcott performed the first successful carotid ...
Background and Purpose—We sought to investigate whether in patients with a symptomatic internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion, endarterectomy of a severe stenosis of the contralateral carotid artery ...
Quantification of carotid atherosclerosis is important in monitoring patients at risk of cardiovascular events and in evaluating therapies. High-resolution 3D carotid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...