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. 2023 Mar 1:374:115.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.12.038. Epub 2022 Dec 21.

Could carotid screening cause more harm than good?

Wei Zhang  1 , Fang Wang  2
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Could carotid screening cause more harm than good?

Wei Zhang et al. Int J Cardiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid screening; Death; Stroke.

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