Features of Unstable Carotid Plaque During and After the Hyperacute Period Following TIA/Stroke.

CONCLUSION: Patients undergoing surgery ≤14 days had a significantly higher overall burden of high risk plaque features compared with those undergoing delayed CEA. However, the secondary upsurge across a range of unstable plaque features in patients undergoing CEA after ≥29 days had elapsed suggests that the relationship between recency of symptoms and plaque histology is more complex than had been anticipated in previous studies. PMID: 23270859 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: PubMed: Eur J Vasc Endovasc ... - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg Source Type: research