Time to rethink management strategies in asymptomatic carotid artery disease.

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Published in Nat Rev Cardiol on October 11, 2011

Authors

A Ross Naylor1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK. ross.naylor@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

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