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Assessing risks associated with carotid endarterectomy.

Author(s) -

R R Smith

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/str.21.4.677b

Subject(s) - medicine , carotid endarterectomy , stroke (engine) , aspirin , stenosis , mechanical engineering , engineering

This position statement provides guidelines for assessing risk associated with carotid endarterectomy and defines the point at which risk is too high to perform surgery for specific indications described below. Morbidity and mortality levels are discussed. This statement does not address indications for surgery or merits of specific medical or surgical treatments. Results of current studies that compare relative risk of various treatments for carotid artery disease are not yet available. (Circulation 1989;79:472-473)

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