Intraoperative difficulties for endarterectomy can be a sinuous or tortuous iliac artery or extreme calcification in the arterial wall. Such challenges will make it difficult to pass the ring ...

The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

Correspondence to Dr Justin F Fraser, Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Jfr235{at}uky.edu ...

Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) is a rare but severe complication, and was first described as a clinical syndrome following carotid endarterectomy (CEA). In neurointerventional surgery, CHS may ...