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• n  surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis

• The surgery, called endarterectomy, cleans out a narrowed carotid artery to prevent a stroke.
• DeBakey did his first carotid endarterectomy in 1953.
• Senator Kennedy gets a carotid endarterectomy.

News & Articles

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• Lowest Risk Tx for Coronary Disease
  A release from the clinic reports that the study compared carotid stenting followed by open heart surgery to both staged and combined carotid endarterectomy and open heart surgery.
  Aug. 1, 2013 - ThirdAge