Who should have carotid surgery or angioplasty?
Carotid endarterectomy reduces the overall risk of stroke in patients with ECST70-99% recently symptomatic stenosis, and to a lesser extent, at least in the short-term, in patients with severe asymptomatic stenosis. Whether angioplasty and stenting is a reasonable alternative will be decided by the...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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