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708258

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
A review was performed of 114 patients with symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) alone, or in combination with carotid territory transient ischemic attacks or carotid territory completed stroke (cCS) with follow-up extending to ten years. The most frequent symptoms of VBI were visual changes (50%), dizziness (31%), and syncope (30%). Patients with symptoms of VBI and arteriographic evidence of intracranial disease, regardless of stump pressure, are at high risk for cerebral ischemia during endarterectomy. At late follow-up, ranging from one to ten years, 63% of the patients were alive; 88% were asymptomatic. Causes of death were mainly cardiac (44%) and stroke (36%), but patients with symptoms of VBI and cCS died earlier and from a second cerebrovascular accident. When a correct preoperative diagnosis was established, carotid endarterectomy produced relief of symptoms in 90% of the patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0004-0010
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1361-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Results of carotid endarterectomy for vertebrobasilar insufficiency: an evaluation over ten years.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article