Thursday, June 5, 2014



Carotid endarterectomy under local and/or regional anesthesia has less risk of myocardial infarction compared to general anesthesia: An analysis of national surgical quality improvement program database.
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Vascular. 2014 May 29. 


Our study compared 30-day postoperative myocardial infarction, stroke, and mortality between carotid endarterectomy under local or regional anesthesia and carotid endarterectomy under general anesthesia utilizing National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database

Carotid endarterectomy under local or regional anesthesia had a significantly decreased risk of 30-day postoperative myocardial infarction when compared to carotid endarterectomy under general anesthesia (0.4% vs 0.86%, p=0.012). No statistically significant differences were found in postoperative stroke or mortality.

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