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10-year stroke prevention after successful carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis (ACST-1): a multicentre randomised trial

BACKGROUND: If carotid artery narrowing remains asymptomatic (ie, has caused no recent stroke or other neurological symptoms), successful carotid endarterectomy (CEA) reduces stroke incidence for some years. We assessed the long-term effects of successful CEA. METHODS: Between 1993 and 2003, 3120 as...

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Autores principales: Halliday, Alison, Harrison, Michael, Hayter, Elizabeth, Kong, Xiangling, Mansfield, Averil, Marro, Joanna, Pan, Hongchao, Peto, Richard, Potter, John, Rahimi, Kazem, Rau, Angela, Robertson, Steven, Streifler, Jonathan, Thomas, Dafydd
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Publishing Group 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2956884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20870099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61197-X