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Perioperative Challenges During Carotid Artery Revascularization

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Carotid stenosis is an important cause of ischemic stroke. About 10–15% of patients with carotid territory strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIA) have a carotid stenosis >50%. On best medical treatment, these patients have a high risk of further, potentially disabling, cerebral ischemic events of up to 10% in the first week, and 15% in the first month after the initial event. Urgent treatment of the carotid stenosis to prevent recurrent strokes is therefore mandatory.

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  1. Nuffield Department of Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Ursula Schulz MD, D.Phill (Senior Research Fellow) & Peter Rothwell MD

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Correspondence to Ursula Schulz MD, D.Phill .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, and Perioperative Medicine, Professor, University School of Medicine, Portland, 97214, Oregon, USA

    Ansgar M. Brambrink

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, and Perioperative Medicine, Professor and Chair, University School of Medicine, Portland, 97214, Oregon, USA

    Jeffrey R. Kirsch

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Schulz, U., Rothwell, P. (2012). Perioperative Challenges During Carotid Artery Revascularization. In: Brambrink, A., Kirsch, J. (eds) Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09562-2_35

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