Combined medical therapy and carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis: 10-year stroke prevention in ACST-1
In a randomised trial (ACST-1) of 3120 asymptomatic patients withsevere carotid narrowing comparing early with deferred carotid endarterectomy(CEA), CEA significantly reduced 10-year stroke risk. All other aspects ofpatient treatment were left to the discretion of the clinician. Throughout thetrial...
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Wiley
2010
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