arotid endarterectomy (CEA) is recognized today as the treatment of choice for selected patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic, severe, extracranial internal carotid artery stenosis.Introduced in the 1950s and perfected during the subsequent years, the number of CEAs has increased since the early 1990s 1 to an annual rate exceeding 130 000 cases. 2 CEA is the most frequently performed noncardiac vascular procedure in the United States.
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