Journal of vascular surgery
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To evaluate our experience with the endovascular treatment of total occlusions of the mesenteric and celiac arteries. ⋯ Endovascular recanalization of mesenteric artery occlusion is both feasible and successful, provided careful planning is used.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the safety of emergency carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with carotid stenosis and unstable neurological symptoms. ⋯ Due to the absence of randomized controlled trials of CEA for neurologically unstable patients, data currently available do not support a policy of emergency CEA in those patients. Our results suggest that a fast protocol, including CT scans and carotid duplex ultrasound scans in neurologically unstable patients, could help identify those that can be safely submitted to emergency CEA.