General Versus Regional Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy

THE FIRST CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY (CEA) was performed at St Mary Hospital, London, England, in 1954. This is a surgical procedure performed to reduce the incidences of embolic and thrombotic stroke. The incidence of perioperative stroke during CEA is approximately 2.3%. The incidence of perioperative myocardial infarction (MI), which is defined by Q-wave criteria on an electrocardiogram, in patients undergoing CEA is
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research