title: Carotid endarterectomy: review of 276 cases in a community hospital.
abstract: Two hundred seventy-six carotid endarterectomies performed on 232 patients in a community hospital were reviewed. All the surgery was performed in a routine manner utilizing systemic heparinization and an indwelling shunt. There were three deaths in this series, giving a mortality of 1.08%. A transient neurological deficit occurred in seven patients. All of these cleared within a 7-day period; this represents 2.5%. Only one patient had a permanent deficit. Long-term followup from 6 months to 9 years showed that the majority of deaths occurred from myocardial disease and malignancies. Only eight patients later died from stroke.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D003071:Cognition; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography