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. 2021 Feb 12;17:37–47. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S290841

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Carotid endarterectomy of a patient with 90% stenosis of the cervical artery. (A) Atherosclerosis of the carotid artery and endarterectomy; (B) Gauze was applied for the bleeding which occurred after peeling off the intimal atheromatous layer of the carotid artery; (C) Gauze, dipped in the catecholamine noradrenaline, was applied and inhibited the bleeding, indicating that the blood supply of the intimal atheromatous lesion was from the vasa vasorum and that it was stopped by contraction of the medial smooth muscle cells.