Surgical treatment of patients with haemodynamically significant stenosis of the internal carotid artery and contralateral occlusion

Gavrilenko A.V.^1,2, Kuklin A.V.¹, Novikov A.V.¹

1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Russian Research Centre of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky,
2) Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery No 1 named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky, First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov of the RF Public Health Ministry, Moscow, Russia

Presented herein is a review of the literature dedicated to the problem regarding surgical management of patients with haemodynamically significant stenosis of the internal carotid artery and collateral occlusion. Special consideration is given to the studies comparing perioperative and early postoperative outcomes of carotid endarterectomy in patients with the nosology concerned. The literature was retrieved by means of the following databases Scopus, Web of Science, Medline, and the Russian Science Citation Index.

KEY WORDS: atherosclerosis, carotid arteries, bilateral lesion, occlusion, stenosis, carotid endarterectomy, temporal intraluminal bypass graft.

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