Stenting versus endarterectomy for treatment of carotid-artery stenosis.

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Published in N Engl J Med on May 26, 2010

Authors

Thomas G Brott1, Robert W Hobson, George Howard, Gary S Roubin, Wayne M Clark, William Brooks, Ariane Mackey, Michael D Hill, Pierre P Leimgruber, Alice J Sheffet, Virginia J Howard, Wesley S Moore, Jenifer H Voeks, L Nelson Hopkins, Donald E Cutlip, David J Cohen, Jeffrey J Popma, Robert D Ferguson, Stanley N Cohen, Joseph L Blackshear, Frank L Silver, J P Mohr, Brajesh K Lal, James F Meschia, CREST Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Mayo Clinic, Griffin 304, 4500 San Pablo Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. brott.thomas@mayo.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy Versus Stenting Trial (CREST) | NCT00004732

EVA3S: Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients With Severe Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis | NCT00190398

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