Time trends in the published risks of stroke and death due to endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis
Background: Large randomised trials performed in the 1980s and early 1990s showed that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is beneficial for patients with recently symptomatic severe stenosis. Some surgeons have argued that the operative risk of stroke and death has fallen over the last decade due to refin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2004.
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