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Medical Treatment Strategies To Reduce Peri-operative Morbidity and Mortality after Carotid Surgery
There is a paucity of high quality evidence regarding what constitutes ‘optimal medical therapy’ for the purposes of reducing morbidity/mortality following carotid endarterectomy (CEA). All patients should be prescribed antiplatelet therapy. Low dose aspirin (75-325mg) should be continued throughout the peri-operative period and there is no evidence that higher dos es confer additional benefit. There is emerging evidence that early implementation of dual antiplatelet therapy in recently symptomatic patients (aspirin 75mg plus clopidogrel 75mg) may reduce recurrent cerebral events prior to CEA and that dual antiplatelet...
Source: Seminars in Vascular Surgery - April 27, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Ross Naylor Source Type: research

Medical treatment strategies to reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality after carotid surgery
There is a paucity of high-quality evidence regarding what constitutes “optimal medical therapy” for the purposes of reducing morbidity/mortality after carotid endarterectomy (CEA). All patients should be prescribed antiplatelet therapy. Low-dose aspirin (75 to 325 mg) should be continued throughout the perioperative period and there is no evidence that higher dose s confer additional benefit. There is emerging evidence that early implementation of dual antiplatelet therapy in recently symptomatic patients (aspirin 75 mg plus clopidogrel 75 mg) can reduce recurrent cerebral events before CEA and that dual antiplatelet ...
Source: Seminars in Vascular Surgery - April 27, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: A. Ross Naylor Source Type: research