General Anesthesia Does Not Increase Mortality and Morbidity in High-risk Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy

Myocardial infarction and stroke are known complications of general anesthesia, resulting in the effort to perform carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for high-risk patients under local/regional anesthesia. However, there are few data supporting this practice.

https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(23)00574-8/fulltext?rss=yes

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - May 23, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Emanuela C. Peshel, Renxi Li, Yan Cheng, Jamie Thompson, Salim Lala, Anton Sidawy, Bao-Ngoc Nguyen Tags: SVS-VESS Scientific Session @ VAM: Session 1 Source Type: research