Population
Patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (n=361 operations)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
24 months
Authors
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Supports post-CEA duplex surveillance; leaves open whether early restenosis alters stroke risk or requires intervention.
Early restenosis after carotid endarterectomy occurs in approximately 3.6% of cases, is driven by myointimal proliferation rather than atherosclerosis, and responds poorly to reoperation.
David V. Cossman (1978) studied this question.
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