Asymptomatic carotid stenosis: Revisionist history is usually wrong

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¹ Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Brighton, Mass. Electronic address: richard.cambria@steward.org.
² Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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Richard P Cambria et al. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Jan.

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. 2020 Jan;71(1):2-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.05.029.

¹ Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Brighton, Mass. Electronic address: richard.cambria@steward.org.
² Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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