title: [Carotid surgery for prevention of ischemic stroke].
abstract: Early and late results of North American Trial (NASCET) demonstrate the efficacy of surgery to prevent major ipsilateral stroke in symptomatic patients; the benefit is proportional to the degree of stenosis. In asymptomatic patients, the benefit is real, but quantitavivement less pronounced.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Limet
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*