The North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial : surgical results in 1415 patients.

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Published in Stroke on September 01, 1999

Authors

G G Ferguson1, M Eliasziw, H W Barr, G P Clagett, R W Barnes, M C Wallace, D W Taylor, R B Haynes, J W Finan, V C Hachinski, H J Barnett

Author Affiliations

1: John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada. gary. ferguson@lhsc.on.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Risk Factors for Complications After Carotid Endarterectomy | NCT03788980

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