Archie et al [14] reported 9% of patients had severe (>70%) stenosis of the external carotid artery following carotid endarterectomy; and found that the repair of severely stenosed or occluded ...

Atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries," is a vascular disease (disease of the arteries and veins ... There are four carotid arteries: the right and left internal carotid arteries and the ...

There are two common carotid arteries, one on the right and the other on the left, that divide into internal and external carotid arteries ... A natural graft (made from one of your veins) or ...

Internal Carotid endarterectomy was performed in symptomatic ... This was established by duplex ultrasound imaging. None of the external carotids had stenosis before surgery.