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Carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting utilization trends over time

BACKGROUND: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has been the standard in atherosclerotic stroke prevention for over 2 decades. More recently, carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as a less invasive alternative for revascularization. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether an increase in s...

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Autores principales: Skerritt, Matthew R, Block, Robert C, Pearson, Thomas A, Young, Kate C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22458607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-12-17