What is an endarterectomy?

Answer 1

What is endarterectomy?

Endarterectomy is the general term for the surgical removal of plaque from an artery that has become narrowed or blocked. Your arteries are normally smooth and unobstructed on the inside but they can become blocked through a process called atherosclerosis, which means hardening of the arteries. As you age, a sticky substance called plaque can build up in the walls of your arteries. Cholesterol, calcium, and fibrous tissue make up the plaque. As more plaque builds up, your arteries can narrow and stiffen. Eventually your blood vessels can no longer supply the oxygen demands of your organs or muscles and symptoms may develop.

To perform an endarterectomy, your vascular surgeon makes an incision in the affected artery and removes the plaque contained in the artery's inner lining. This procedure leaves a wide-open artery and restores blood flow. Although sometimes other treatments may be less invasive of a surgical procedure than endarterectomy, in certain cases endarterectomy is more effective, safer, and less expensive. Sometimes endarterectomy is used in conjunction with other procedures, such as bypass or patching (widening), to open the artery.

Answer 2

Endarterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the 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.

The procedure is widely used on the carotid artery of the neck as a way to reduce the risk of 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.

(this is from wikipedia) @v@

Answer 3

Lots of details

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/srchcont.asp?src=endarterectomy&op=mm

Answer 4

Surgical excision of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerotic buildup

Answer 5

cleaning out the heart

sound like a song....say it to bringing down the house....

cleaning out the heart and or I should say the arteries and veins around the heart of plaque...

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Answer 6

the removal of endart ha

Answer 7

http://www.vascularweb.org/_CONTRIBUTION_PAGES/Patient_Information/NorthPoint/Endarterectomy.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endarterectomy