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Efficacy of early carotid endarterectomy for vulnerable plaque in the common carotid artery

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Drs. Ryusuke Kabeya, Fujio Tosaki, and Nobuo Sakurai for contributing to the patient’s care and Dr. Kosei Nakajima for the histopathological analysis.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Ichinomiya Municipal Hospital, Ichinomiya, Japan

    Kuniaki Tanahashi & Mikio Maruwaka

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan

    Yoshio Araki & Atsushi Natsume

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Tanahashi, K., Araki, Y., Maruwaka, M. et al. Efficacy of early carotid endarterectomy for vulnerable plaque in the common carotid artery. Acta Neurochir 158, 561–563 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2706-7

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