Intraoperative use of dextran is associated with cardiac complications after carotid endarterectomy.

The need for treatment of hemodynamic instability following carotid endarterectomy is associated with increased perioperative and 1-year morbidity and mortality. J Vasc Surg (2013) 1.42

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