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Keep this study
Lead
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
Age
Any age
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
. Eligible patients were those scheduled to undergo elective surgical procedure that therapeutically indicated exposure of the carotid bifurcation and vascular sheath (e.g. carotid endarterectomy, neck dissection, or carotid tumor Resection) regardless of a HTN diagnosis.
You may not be if
history of stroke
prior ipsilateral neck surgery or radiation treatment
Cardiovascular disease that precluded enrollment were diagnoses which independently increased surgical and anesthetic risk (American Society for Anesthesia Classification System).