Abstract:From January to November, 1985, 43 carotid bifurcation endarterectomies (CE) were performed with intraoperative functional (Doppler spectrum analysis) and morphologic (angiography) controls.In the first 20 cases, after thromboendarterectomy and direct suture, Doppler showed absence of or no significant variations of frequency in 17 cases, a frequency increase corresponding to a less than 45% diameter reduction stenosis at the apex of the suture in 2 cases, and no flow in the internal carotid artery (ICA) in 1… Show more
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