Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis.

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Published in N Engl J Med on August 15, 1991

Authors

North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators1, H J M Barnett, D W Taylor, R B Haynes, D L Sackett, S J Peerless, G G Ferguson, A J Fox, R N Rankin, V C Hachinski, D O Wiebers, M Eliasziw

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Associated clinical trials:

Non-Invasive Imaging of Atherosclerosis | NCT01418313

Assessing Neurocognition After Cerebrovascular Intervention | NCT03344276

Endarterectomy vs Stenting in Chinese Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Patients (ESCALATE) | NCT03737175

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