Has evidence changed practice? Appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy after the clinical trials. Halm EA,Tuhrim S,Wang JJ,Rojas M,Hannan EL,Chassin MR. Neurology. 2007;68:187-194

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carotid endarterectomy indications perioperative stroke perioperative death

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