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Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) reduce the risk of stroke in patients with high-grade carotid artery stenosis. Despite the known impact of type of anesthesia on outcome after CEA, none of the current studies comparing CEA with CAS addresses the effect of anesthetic choice on perioperative events. In this study, we compare our results of distally protected CAS versus CEA under local anesthesia.
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Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Houston VAMC (112), 2002 Holcomb Blvd, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 70030, USA. rbush@bcm.tmc.edu
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