Abstract:Objectives. Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is considered the most effective treatment for stroke prevention in patients with critical carotid stenosis. The incidence of new ischemic lesions ranges from 0% to 33% at diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) after CEA in previous studies. We determined the rate of silent cerebral embolism in CEA patients by DW-MRI in this study. Methods. This study was conducted between January 2016 and April 2016 in two centers. Thirty-five consecutive patients (thre… Show more
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