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Recall
Anatomy
Identify the following structures:
What are the signs/symptoms?
Define the following terms:
Amaurosis fugax
TIA
RIND
CVA
What is the risk of a CVA in patients with TIA?
What is the noninvasive method of evaluating carotid disease?
What is the gold standard invasive method of evaluating carotid disease?
What is the surgical treatment of carotid stenosis?
What are the indications for CEA in the ASYMPTOMATIC patient?
What are the indications for CEA in the SYMPTOMATIC (CVA, TIA, RIND) patient?
Before performing a CEA in the symptomatic patient, what study other than the A-gram should be performed?
In bilateral high-grade carotid stenosis, on which side should the CEA be performed in the asymptomatic, right-handed patient?
What is the dreaded complication after a CEA?
What are the possible postoperative complications after a CEA?
What is the mortality rate after CEA?
What is the perioperative stroke rate after CEA?
What is the postoperative medication?
What is the most common cause of death during the early postoperative period after a CEA?
Define
“
Hollenhorst plaque
”
?