Carotid endarterectomy in patients with acute neurological symptoms: A case-control study

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-373

  Dorigo, Walter ^a   Pulli, Raffaele ^a   Barbanti, Enrico ^a   Azas, Leonidas ^a   Troisi, Nicola ^a   Pratesi, Giovanni ^a   Innocenti, Alessandro Alessi ^a   Pratesi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Carotid endarterectomy; Crescendo TIA; Unstable neurological status

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249818754     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.137547     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (25)

1. [1 Rothwell PM, Eliasziw M, Gutnikov SA, Fox AJ, Taylor DW, Mayberg MR, Warlow CP, Barnett HJ, for the Carotid Endarterectomy Trialists' Collaboration. Analysis of pooled data from the randomised controlled trials of endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis. Lancet 2003;361:107-116.
2. Biller J, Feinberg WM, Castaldo JE, Whittemore AD, Harbaugh RE, Dempsey RJ, Capaln RL, Kresowik TF, Matchar DB, Toole JF, Easton JD, Adams HP, Brass LM, Hobson RW, Brott TG, Sternau L. Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: a statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the stroke council, American Heart Association. Stroke 1998;29:554-562.
3. Executive Committee for the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study. Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. J Am Med Assoc 1995;273:1421-1429.
4. Stroke Prevention and Educational Awareness Diffusion (SPREAD). Ischemic stroke: Italian guidelines on prevention and treatment. IV edition. Pubblicazioni Catel. Milano 2005;323-345.
5. Amantini A, Bartelli M, De Scisciolo G, Lombardi M, Macucci M, Rossi R, Pratesi C, Pinto F. Monitoring of somatosensory evoked potentials during carotid endarterectomy. J Neurol 1992;239:241-247.
6. Pratesi C, Dorigo W, Alessi A, Azas L, Barbanti E, Lombardi R, Pratesi G, Pulli R. Reducing the risk of intraoperative neurological complications during carotid endarterectomy with early distal control of the internal carotid artery. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2004;28:670-673.
7. Wylie EJ, Hein MF, Adams JE. Intracranial haemorrhage following surgical revascularization for treatment of acute strokes. J Neurosurg 1964;21:212-218.
8. Rob CG. Operation for acute completed stroke due to thrombosis of the internal carotid artery. Surgery 1969;65:862-865.
9. Blaisdell WF, Clauss RH, Gailbraith JG, Imparato AM, Wylie EJ. Joint study of extracranial arterial occlusion. J Am Med Assoc 1969;209:1889-1895.
10. Beebe HG. Surgery for acute stroke. Semin Vasc Surg 1995;8:55-62.
11. Johnston SG, Gress DR, Browner WS, Sidney S. Short term prognosis after emergency department diagnosis of TIA. J Am Med Assoc 2000;284:2901-2906.
12. Eliasziw M, Kennedy J, Hill MD, Buchan AM, Barnett HJ. Early risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack in patients with internal carotid artery disease. Can Med Assoc J 2004;170:1105-1109.
13. Wilson SE, Mayberg MR, Yatsu F, Weiss DG. Crescendo transient ischemic attacks: a surgical imperative. J Vasc Surg 1993;17:249-256.
14. Schneider C, Johansen K, Koningstein R, Meitzner C, Oettinger W. Emergency carotid thrombendarterectomy: safe and effective. World J Surg 1999;23:1163-1167.
15. Peiper C, Nowack J, Ktenidis K, Hopstein S, Keresztury G, Horsch S. Prophylactic urgent revascularization of the internal carotid artery in the stmptomatic patients. VASA J Vasc Dis 2001;30:247-251.
16. Huber R, Muller BT, Seitz RJ, Siebler M, Modder U, Sandmann W. Carotid surgery in acute symptomatic patients. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2003;25:60-67.
17. Fiorani P, Sbarigia E, Speziale F, Zaccaria A, Giannoni MF. Indicazioni al trattamento chirurgico nell'ischemia cerebrale acuta. In: Pratesi C, Pulli R, eds. Le carotidopatie extracraniche. Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino 2002;42-45.
18. Adams HP Jr, Adams RJ, Brott T, del Zoppo GJ, Furlan A, Goldstein LB, Grubb RL, Higashida R, Kidwell C, Kwiatkowski TG, Marler JR, Hademenos GJ, Stroke Council of the American Stroke Association. Guidelines for early management of patients with ischemic stroke. A scientific statement from the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association. Stroke 2003;34:1056-1083.
19. Pratesi C, Dorigo W, Troisi N, Fargion A, Alessi Innocenti A, Pratesi G, Barbanti E, Pulli R. Routine completion angiography during carotid endarterectomy is not mandatory. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2006;3:369-373.
20. Walker RA, Fox AD, Magee TR, Horrocks M. Intraoperative duplex scanning as a means of quality control during carotid endarterectomy. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 1996;11:364-367.
21. Mas JL, Chatellier G, Beyssen B, Branchereau A, Moulin T, Becquemin JP, Larrue V, Lievre M, Leys D, Bonneville JF, Watelet J, Pruvo JP, Albucher JF, Viguier A, Piquet P, Garnier P, Viader F, Touze E, Giroud M, Hosseini H, Pillet JC, Favrole P, Neau JP, Ducrocq X, EVA-3S Investigators. Endarterectomy versus stenting in patients with symptomatic severe carotid stenosis. N Engl J Med 2006;355:1660-1671.
22. Eckstein HH, Schumacher H, Dorfler A, Forsting M, Jansen O, Ringleb P, Allenberg JR. Carotid endarterectomy and intracranial thrombolysis: simultaneous and staged procedures in ischemic stroke. J Vasc Surg 1999;29:459-471.
23. Eckstein HH, Schumacher H, Klemm K, Laubach H, Kraus T, Ringleb P, Dorfler A, Weigand M, Bardenheuer H, Allenberg JR. Emergency carotid endarterectomy. Cerebrovas Dis 1999;9:270-281.
24. Brandl R, Brauer RB, Maurer PC. Urgent carotid endarterectomy for stroke in evolution. VASA J Vasc Dis 2001;30:115-121.
25. Fiorani P, Sbarigia E, Speziale F, Brizzi V, Panico MA, Toni D. Rivascolarizzazione carotidea precoce nei pazienti con ictus in fase acuta: studio prospettico multicentrico non randomizzato. In: Pratesi C, Pulli R, eds. Emergenze Vascolari. Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino 2004;23-27.