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Angiology
Carotid endarterectomy is associated with transient increase in S-100B serum levels
April 11th, 2006
In patients without neurological complications, carotid endarterectomy but not carotid artery stenting was associated with a transient increase in the S-100B serum levels. Researchers in Germany conducted a study "to characterize the course of S-100B serum levels, a reliable marker for cellular brain damage, in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS) or endarterectomy (CEA) for carotid artery stenosis compared to control groups undergoing hemithyroidectomy (HT) or coronary angiography (CA)." According to T. Mussack and colleagues at the University Clinic of Munich, "Forty-six consecutive patients scheduled for revascularization of internal...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2006-04-11)
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