BACKGROUND: If carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is a clinical model of @entity64 , then it should be possible to determine the relevance of embolus size and of the total quantity of embolic material ( @entity887 ) for @entity385 . MATERIAL/METHODS: Thirty-one @entity1 underwent a total of 33 CEAs. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) was performed on the day before and after CEA. A new hyperintense signal on the postoperative DWI was considered a new @entity2806 . Intraoperatively detected @entity7303 ( @entity7303 ) were quantified (in cm) by multiplying @entity887 within the Doppler sample volume. With this relative index, emboli were classified into small (<0.56 cm), medium-sized (0.56-1.12 cm) and large (1.12-1.70 cm). RESULTS: For each category of embolus size, @entity887 (in cm/minute) was expressed as the sum of all quantified emboli divided by minutes of CEA duration. By logistic regression analysis, the occurrence of a new @entity2806 was related to an @entity887 with medium-sized emboli (without lesion, 0.029 cm/minute; with lesion, 0.157 cm/minute; p=0.018), and with large emboli (without lesion, 0.015; with lesion, 0.055; p=0.038), but not to an @entity887 with small emboli or the largest embolus per CEA. CONCLUSIONS: The leading reason for @entity2806 in CEA is multiple @entity887 with emboli of medium and large size. This conceptual model may also apply to carotid @entity455 .

@entity2806 in carotid surgery: a model for @entity1 XXXX ?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity7303 :: ('MESH:C566796', 'Disease') :: ['microembolic signals', 'MES'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['embolic stroke'] @entity455 :: ('MESH:D014652', 'Disease') :: ['artery disease'] @entity2806 :: ('MESH:D002545', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic lesion', 'cerebral ischemia'] @entity887 :: ('MESH:D004617', 'Disease') :: ['embolus load', 'embolus velocity by the embolus presence', 'embolism'] @entity385 :: ('MESH:D002544', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic stroke']
@entity64 :: (MESH:D020521,Disease) :: ['embolic stroke']
