Improved results of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic coronary disease: an analysis of 1,546 consecutive carotid operations.

L. Ennix, Coyness; M. Lawrie, Gerald; C. Morris, G.; Stanley Crawford, E.; F. Howell, Jimmy; J. Reardon, Michael; C. Weatherford, Stephen

doi:10.1161/01.str.10.2.122

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Improved results of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic coronary disease: an analysis of 1,546 consecutive carotid operations.

Published in Stroke • Mar 1, 1979

Authors:

Coyness L. Ennix

Gerald M. Lawrie

G. C. Morris

Abstract

The significant risk of fatal myocardial infarction after carotid endarterectomy in patients with coronary disease long has been recognized. In 1,546 consecutive carotid endarterectomies performed in 1,238 patients over the last 10 years, angina pectoris was present in 17% (212/1,238) of patients; a...

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Medicine

Carotid endarterectomy

Myocardial infarction

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