Carotid Artery Surgery Overview
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Cleveland Clinic
Jill Zink is a Vascular Surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Zink and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Carotid Artery Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Arterial Insufficiency, Peripheral Artery Disease, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), and Carotid Artery Surgery. Dr. Zink is currently accepting new patients.
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Sean Lyden is a Vascular Surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Lyden and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Carotid Artery Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Aortic Dissection, Aneurysm Repair, and Angioplasty. Dr. Lyden is currently accepting new patients.
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Faisal Bakaeen is a Thoracic Surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Bakaeen and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Carotid Artery Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Dissection, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Endocarditis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Dr. Bakaeen is currently accepting new patients.
Summary: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA), an important surgical approach for managing carotid plaque, has evolved over more than 70 years but still cannot be applied to all tandem carotid lesions (TCLs) because of the wide range of these lesions. Herein, the investigators introduce an innovative CEA, Gao's triple eversion CEA (GTE-CEA), for the treatment of TCLs.
Summary: The study is planned to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of two types of anesthesia (regional and general) for carotid endarterectomy in 100 patients with acute stage of stroke: 50 patients will be operated under regional anesthesia and the remaining 50 patients under general anesthesia. Patient inclusion criteria: 1. Ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory 2. Ipsilateral sten...