TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 35. Carotid Endarterectomy A1 - Longo, Christopher A1 - Berguer, Ramon A2 - Minter, Rebecca M. A2 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Current Procedures: Surgery AB - Asymptomatic carotid stenosis > 60% by angiography or 70% by duplex ultrasound.Symptomatic carotid stenosis (cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, or amaurosis fugax) > 50%.Carotid endarterectomy can be performed safely under regional anesthesia in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease (CAD), and other comorbidities.Carotid stenting can be considered in patients with a history of neck irradiation, modified radical neck dissection, or reoperative carotid endarterectomy.Only patients with concurrent symptomatic carotid stenosis and symptomatic CAD should be considered for combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6563423 ER -