The history of surgical treatment for occlusive carotid artery diseases
<p>In this article, the history of surgical treatment for occlusive carotid artery diseases is briefly reviewed. It is emphasized that, after the results of large cohort, multicenter, randomized clinical trials, including North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) and Eur...
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| Language: | English |
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Tianjin Huanhu Hospital
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/873 |
| Summary: | <p>In this article, the history of surgical treatment for occlusive carotid artery diseases is briefly reviewed. It is emphasized that, after the results of large cohort, multicenter, randomized clinical trials, including North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) and European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST), were reported in 1991, the important role of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for the surgical treatment of carotid atherosclerosis had already been confirmed. Although it has a late start in China, CEA has a bright and promising future.</p><p>doi：10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2014.01.002</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1672-6731 |