title: [The strategy of management for bilateral carotid atherosclerotic stenosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the indication, time and strategy of surgery for patients with bilateral carotid atherosclerotic stenosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-four patients with bilateral carotid atherosclecrotic stenosis were admitted to our hospital from February 1987 to December 2007. In 34 patients who presented with unilateral symptoms and underwent ipsilateral carotid endarterectomy (CEA), contralateral CEA or carotid artery stenting (CAS) was performed in 8 because of severe stenosis (> 70%) or unstable plaque. Thirty-eight patients presented with bilateral symptoms. Among them, 15 underwent CEA on both sides, 3 were performed CEA on one side and CAS on the other side, while 20 underwent unilateral CEA only. In 2 asymptomatic patients, CEA was also performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety-three cases of CEA were performed in 74 patients. Sixty-eight patients were uneventful after operation. Neurological deficits deteriorated in 2 patients. Four patients developed cardiac ischemia, cerebral hemorrhage and hoarseness respectively. Sixty-seven patients were followed-up for 4.9 years. No cerebral ischemia relevant to operated carotid artery developed in 63 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If the indication is obvious, CEA should be performed no matter how contralateral carotid artery is. The strategy of therapy is individual. Whether using shunt depends on intra-operative monitoring.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Chinese People's Libration Army, Beijing 100853, China. hjwkk@sina.com
authors: Ding-Biao
authors: DB
authors: Zhou
authors: Bai-Nan
authors: BN
authors: Xu
authors: Xin-Guang
authors: XG
authors: Yu
authors: Bo
authors: B
authors: Bu
authors: Xiao-Dong
authors: XD
authors: Ma
authors: Ru-Yuan
authors: RY
authors: Zhu
authors: Jin-Li
authors: JL
authors: Jiang
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Jiang
authors: Ping
authors: P
authors: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents