[Carotid endarterectomy: how we do it].
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.
Abe
Y
Y
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
Ueyama
T
T
Kawashima
S
S
Tazawa
K
K
Hirano
Y
Y
Endo
M
M
Matsumoto
Y
Y
Sasaki
H
H
D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans