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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Surgical Procedures > Endarterectomy

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Endarterectomy  

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  • Thromboendarterectomies
  • Thromboendarterectomy

Scope note

  • Surgical excision, performed under general anesthesia, of the atheromatous tunica intima of an artery. When reconstruction of an artery is performed as an endovascular procedure through a catheter, it is called ATHERECTOMY.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004691

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