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Risk of stroke in relation to degree of asymptomatic carotid stenosis: a population-based cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: There is uncertainty around which patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis should be offered surgical intervention. Although stroke rates were unrelated to the degree of stenosis in the medical-treatment-only groups in previous randomised trials, this could simply reflect recruitment...

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Autores principales: Howard, Dominic P J, Gaziano, Liam, Rothwell, Peter M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Pub. Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33609477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30484-1