Intraoperative Completion Studies, Local Anesthesia, and Antiplatelet Medication Are Associated With Lower Risk in Carotid Endarterectomy | Zendy

Christoph Knappich | Zendy; Andreas Kuehnl | Zendy; Pavlos Tsantilas | Zendy; Sofie Schmid | Zendy; Thorben Breitkreuz | Zendy; Michael Kallmayer | Zendy; Alexander Zimmermann | Zendy; HansHenning Eckstein | Zendy

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Intraoperative Completion Studies, Local Anesthesia, and Antiplatelet Medication Are Associated With Lower Risk in Carotid Endarterectomy

Author(s) -

Christoph Knappich,

Andreas Kuehnl,

Pavlos Tsantilas,

Sofie Schmid,

Thorben Breitkreuz,

Michael Kallmayer,

Alexander Zimmermann,

HansHenning Eckstein

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.116.014869

Subject(s) - medicine , carotid endarterectomy , perioperative , stroke (engine) , relative risk , endarterectomy , surgery , stenosis , asymptomatic , anesthesia , confidence interval , cardiology , mechanical engineering , engineering

In Germany, all surgical and endovascular procedures on the carotid bifurcation must be documented in a statutory nationwide quality assurance database. We aimed to analyze the association between procedural and perioperative variables and in-hospital stroke or death rates after carotid endarterectomy.

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