Timing of procedural stroke and death in asymptomatic patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy: individual patient analysis from four RCTs.
Michiel H F PoorthuisR BulbuliaD R MorrisH PanP M RothwellA AlgraJ-P BecqueminL H BonatiT G BrottM M BrownD CalvetH-H EcksteinG FraedrichJ GregsonJ P GrevingJ HendrikseG HowardO JansenJ-L MasS C LewisG J de BorstA Hallidaynull nullPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2020)
At least half of the procedural strokes in this study were ischaemic and ipsilateral to the treated artery. Half of all procedural complications occurred on the day of surgery, but one-third after day 3 when many patients had been discharged.
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