Reanalysis of the Final Results of the European Carotid Surgery Trial
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- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 34 (2) , 514-523
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000054671.71777.c7
Abstract
Background and Purpose— The European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST) and North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) have shown that endarterectomy reduces the risk of stroke in c...Keywords
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