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endarterectomy
noun[ C or U ]
medical specializeduk /enˌdɑː.tərˈek.tə.mi/ us /enˌdɑːr.t̬ɚˈek.tə.mi/
an operation to remove fat from inside an artery (= a tube carrying blood from the heart) that is blocked:
None of the patients had severe enough disease in the ascending aorta to warrant an aortic endarterectomy.
The authors reported no complications in 10 of the patients undergoing endarterectomy.
The patient showed remarkable improvement by pulmonary endarterectomy.
Patients who get endarterectomies or stents need to be studied for more than a year, since arteries can reclog.
Stent-protected angioplasty of carotid artery stenosis may be an alternative to surgical endarterectomy.
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See also
carotid endarterectomy
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