Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Plaques with Ultrasound

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¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. Electronic address: agiannoukas@hotmail.com.
² Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK.
³ Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
⁴ Imperial College, London, UK; Nicosia Medical School, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2016.04.013. Epub 2016 May 19.

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. Electronic address: agiannoukas@hotmail.com.
² Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK.
³ Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
⁴ Imperial College, London, UK; Nicosia Medical School, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

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