The efficacy of emergency carotid thromboendarterectomy (CTEA) for acute internal carotid artery (ICA) thrombosis has been questioned. We evaluated the use of CTEA in patients with recent ICA occlusion.
Department of Surgery and the John J. Cranley Vascular Laboratory, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA. kimberly_hasselfeld@trihealth.com