title: [Indications for surgical management of patients with haemodynamically insignificant stenoses of carotid arteries].
abstract: We examined a total of 56 patients presenting with haemodynamically insignificant stenoses of carotid arteries, with a narrowing of the internal carotid artery by an atherosclerotic plaque varying from 30% to 55%, to have also analysed the relationship between the sonographic and morphological peculiarities of atherosclerotic plaques of the carotid arteries and severity of cerebrovascular insufficiency. Of these, 27 patients were subjected to carotid endarterectomy (CEE). The long-term outcomes were studied during the follow-up period lasting up to 5 years. The incidence rate of neurological deficits turned out to be lower in the postoperative-group patients as compared with those from the control group. A conclusion was made that both the carotid artery stenosis degree and the structure of an atherosclerotic plaque appear to be equally important criteria in assessing the indications for surgical management.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Gavrilenko
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kuklin
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Petrenko
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography