Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis in Cardiac Surgery Patients: Is Less More?

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Editorial

Rebecca F Gottesman. Stroke. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;48(10):2650-2651.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.018754. Epub 2017 Sep 15.

¹ From the Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD. rgottesm@jhmi.edu.

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Keywords: Editorials; carotid stenosis; coronary artery bypass; endarterectomy, carotid; randomized controlled trial; stroke.

Comment on

Safety of Simultaneous Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Carotid Endarterectomy Versus Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Weimar C, Bilbilis K, Rekowski J, Holst T, Beyersdorf F, Breuer M, Dahm M, Diegeler A, Kowalski A, Martens S, Mohr FW, Ondrášek J, Reiter B, Roth P, Seipelt R, Siggelkow M, Steinhoff G, Moritz A, Wilhelmi M, Wimmer-Greinecker G, Diener HC, Jakob H, Ose C, Scherag A, Knipp SC; CABACS Trial Investigators. Weimar C, et al. Stroke. 2017 Oct;48(10):2769-2775. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017570. Epub 2017 Sep 15. Stroke. 2017. PMID: 28916664 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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