title: [Carotid endarterectomy: how we do it].
abstract: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) clearly benefits high stroke-risk patients with coronary or peripheral vascular disease, but its value of procedures is not still recognized for thoracic surgeons in Japan. Therefore we reviewed our technique of CEA and presented its usefulness and necessity.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Abe
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ueyama
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kawashima
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Tazawa
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Hirano
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Endo
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Matsumoto
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans