Response to letter regarding article, "urgent best medical therapy may obviate the need for urgent surgery in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis"

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Shahidi, Saeid ^a  

^a Regional Hospital Slagelse   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN;

BEST MEDICAL THERAPY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; STROKE;

EID: 84888287470     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003353     Document Type: Letter

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