[Modification of non-hemispheric symptoms by carotid endarterectomy]

In case of multi-locular supra-aortic lesions the correction of a hemodynamic carotid stenosis has priority over any reconstruction of another supra-aortic lesion. Thus carotid endarterectomy leads to an improvement of the global cerebral perfusion. Patients with a classical vertebro-basilar insufficiency profit most by these operations. A subclavian or vertebral reconstruction or PTA is indicated only if the patient is not symptom-free after the carotid endarterectomy.