Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16 , February 2003

Association of sex with perioperative mortality and morbidity after carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Presented in part at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, LA, October 12-17, 2001.

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    (A) Number of cases of carotid endarterectomy by year for symptomatic and asymptomatic men and women. Note the rise in the number of asymptomatic cases in both sexes in 1995. (B) Percentage of total c

    (A) Number of cases of carotid endarterectomy by year for symptomatic and asymptomatic men and women. Note the rise in the number of asymptomatic cases in both sexes in 1995. (B) Percentage of total cases of carotid endarterectomy by year for each gender-symptom subgroup. Note that before 1995, most cases were performed in symptomatic patients; whereas after 1995, the majority of cases were in asymptomatic patients.

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    Percentage of cases that had patch angioplasty by year for each gender-symptom subgroup. The percentage increased dramatically between 1994 and 1996, and patch angioplasty is now performed virtually i

    Percentage of cases that had patch angioplasty by year for each gender-symptom subgroup. The percentage increased dramatically between 1994 and 1996, and patch angioplasty is now performed virtually in all cases for all the gender-symptom subgroups.

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    Percentage of cases with carotid shunting by year for each gender-symptom subgroup. The percentage has increased gradually over the decade, and shunting is now used in the vast majority of cases for a

    Percentage of cases with carotid shunting by year for each gender-symptom subgroup. The percentage has increased gradually over the decade, and shunting is now used in the vast majority of cases for all subgroups.

☆ Address reprint requests to Kyung W. Park, MD, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. E-mail: kpark@caregroup.harvard.edu

PII: S1053-0770(02)47703-8

doi: 10.1053/jcan.2003.3

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16 , February 2003

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