====== Endarterectomy ======

The surgical procedure to remove the atheromatous plaque material, or blockage, in the lining of an artery constricted by the buildup of soft/hardening deposits. It is carried out by separating the plaque from the arterial wall.

[[Endarterectomy]] was first performed on a superficial [[femoral artery]] in [[1946]] by the Portuguese surgeon João Cid dos Santos at the University of [[Lisbon]]. In [[1951]], E. J. Wylie, an American, performed it on the abdominal aorta. The first successful reconstruction of the [[carotid artery]] was performed by Carrea, Molins, and Murphy in Argentina, later in the same year.

===== Carotid endarterectomy =====

see [[Carotid endarterectomy]].