New Cerebral Ischemic Lesions After Carotid Endarterectomy

Conclusions: New ischemic lesions on DW-MRI are detected in 7.5% of patients after CEA, and most of these lesions are clinically silent. Plaque echogenicity does not affect their incidence. New lesions seen on DW-MRI may be generated outside of the treated carotid artery territory.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - June 20, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: George S. Sfyroeras, Nikolaos Bessias, Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Stavroula Lyra, Ioannis Kotsikoris, Vassilios Andrikopoulos, Christos D. Liapis Tags: Clinical Research Source Type: research