Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2012
Abstract
Surgical exclusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) stump combined with endarterectomy of the external carotid artery is an established treatment approach. The aim of this pilot study was to compare the risk of cerebrovascular events between surgical treatment and best medical treatment in patients with ICA occlusion and carotid stump syndrome.
Forty patients (23 males; age: 43-80 years; mean age: 61.1 +/- 9.0 years) with carotid occlusion and carotid stump syndrome were enrolled. Ten patients with asymptomatic ICA occlusion and 10 patients with symptomatic ICA occlusion and carotid stump syndrome were enrolled to the best medical therapy group.