Showing papers by "Joseph H. Rapp published in 1987"

TL;DR: The morbidity and mortality rates for primary and secondary carotid reoperation are comparable to the original procedure and should not deter the vascular surgeon from reoperativeCarotid reconstruction whenever indicated.

TL;DR: The data suggest that hypercholesterolemia has a strong association with early restenosis after carotid endarterectomy but not with late recurrent disease and that hypertension, even when treated, may be associated with both early and late recurrent stenosis.

TL;DR: Since there was no hypertension or tachycardia in nicotine-treated rats, it is postulate that the data reflects the desquamating effect of nicotine.