Endarterectomy, Stenting, or Neither for Asymptomatic Carotid-Artery Stenosis

Affiliations

¹ From the Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, ON, Canada (J.D.S.); and the Vascular Surgery Group, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom (A.R.N.).

Editorial

J David Spence et al. N Engl J Med. 2016.

. 2016 Mar 17;374(11):1087-8.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMe1600123. Epub 2016 Feb 18.

¹ From the Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, ON, Canada (J.D.S.); and the Vascular Surgery Group, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom (A.R.N.).

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