Screening for carotid artery disease before cardiac surgery: is current clinical practice evidence based?

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Published in Clin Cardiol on January 01, 2001

Authors

R A Archbold1, K Barakat, P Magee, N Curzen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, London Chest Hospital, UK.

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