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Appropriate management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis

With modern intensive medical therapy, the annual risk of ipsilateral stroke in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS) is now down to ∼0.5%. Despite this, there is a widespread practice of routine intervention in ACS with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and stenting (CAS). This is being just...

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Autores principales: Spence, J David, Song, Hongsong, Cheng, Guanliang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28959466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/svn-2016-000016