Variations in rates of appropriate and inappropriate carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention in 4 Canadian provinces.

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Published in CMAJ on August 31, 2004

Authors

James Kennedy1, Hude Quan, William A Ghali, Thomas E Feasby

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary Foothills Hospital, Alta.

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