Endarterectomy 1253509 162996116 2007-10-08T02:06:07Z Arcadian 104523 infobox/nav {{Interventions infobox | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Image = | Caption = | ICD10 = | ICD9 = 38.1 | MeshID = D004691 | OtherCodes = | }} '''Endarterectomy''' is a [[surgical procedure]] to remove the [[atheroma|atheromatous ''plaque'']] material, or blockage, in the lining of an [[artery]] constricted by the buildup of fatty deposits. It is carried out by separating the plaque from the arterial wall. It was first performed on a superficial [[femoral artery]] in [[1946]] by the Portuguese surgeon [[João Cid dos Santos]]. In [[1951]], [[E. J. Wylie]], a north-american, performed it on the [[abdominal aorta]]. The first successful reconstruction of the [[carotid artery]] was performed by Carrea, Molins, and Murphy in Argentina, later in the same year.<ref>[http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/8/1427 Thompson, Jesse E., ''The Evolution of Surgery for the Treatment and Prevention of Stroke''] (retrieved on 2007-04-24)</ref> The procedure is widely used on the [[carotid]] artery of the neck as a way to reduce the risk of [[cerebrovascular accident|stroke]], particularly when the carotid artery is narrowed by more than 70%. A [[carotid endarterectomy]] may itself cause a stroke at the time of operation, which is why it is not performed prophylactically in asymptomatic patients. Endarterectomy is also used as a supplement to a vein bypass graft to open up distal segments. Some forms of [[pulmonary hypertension]] may be amenable to endarterectomy of the [[pulmonary artery]]. This is a highly specialized procedure. The term '''atherectomy''' is used to describe reconstruction through a [[catheter]]. ==See also== * [[Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy]] ==References== <references/> ==External links== * {{MeshName|Endarterectomy}} * [http://www.springerlink.com/content/f0h55146r42q776l/ Connolly, John E. and Price, Thaine, ''Aortoiliac Endarterectomy: A Lost Art?'', 2005 (abstract)] {{treatment-stub}} {{Cardiac surgery and other cardiovascular procedures}} [[Category:Vascular surgery]]