Introduction

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   • Brief description of what the procedure of carotid endarterectomy entails
   • History of carotid endarterectomy – brief section on first procedure as performed by DeBakey
   • Brief section on evolution of endovascular procedures
   • Outline main indications for carotid endarterectomy (stenosis causing TIA, stroke) with altherosclerosis being underlying mechanism