At the end of 5 years %85 (73-87) of the patients were alive with no case of stroke. Of the 14 deaths the reason was myocardial infarction in 6, stroke in 4, malignancy in 3. The cause of death was unknown in the remaining case.
The mortality rate due to stroke in our carotid endarterectomy cases was found to be %4.6. This observation is compared with the results of other series of the literature and it is determined that the 5 year mortality rate due to cerebrovascular diseases is reduced by carotid endarterectomy.