Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
endarterectomy Audio
end·ar·ter·ec·to·my [ en-dahr-tuh-rek-tuh-mee ]
Subclass of:
Vascular Surgical Procedures
Definitions related to endarterectomy:
  • Excision of an atheromatous plaque.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Surgical excision of the atheromatous tunica intima of an artery.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Surgical removal of plaque or blood clots in an artery.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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