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Does carotid endarterectomy prevent disabling and fatal strokes in neurologically asymptomatic subjects?

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The synopsis was written by Ruth Kirby, Research Highlights Editor, Nature Clinical Practice

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  1. NR Hertzer is a member and former Chairman of the Department of Vascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

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Hertzer, N. Does carotid endarterectomy prevent disabling and fatal strokes in neurologically asymptomatic subjects?. Nat Rev Cardiol 1, 20–21 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0008

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