Is another clinical trial warranted regarding endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 210-213

  Chaturvedi, Seemant ^a   Halliday, Alison ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Cerebral infarction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0031858377     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015853     Document Type: Article

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