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