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¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, The Permanente Medical Group, South San Francisco, CA; Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA.
² Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA; Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
³ Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA; Department of Health System Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA.

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Robert W Chang et al. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Feb.

. 2024 Feb;79(2):451-452.

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.09.018.

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, The Permanente Medical Group, South San Francisco, CA; Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA.
² Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA; Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
³ Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA; Department of Health System Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA.

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Outcome of carotid endarterectomy vs medical therapy alone.
Spence JD. Spence JD. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Feb;79(2):450-451. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.07.068. J Vasc Surg. 2024. PMID: 38245185 No abstract available.
Carotid endarterectomy reduces the 5-year stroke and death risk in patients with >70% asymptomatic carotid stenosis by approximately 15% compared with best medical treatment alone.
Paraskevas KI. Paraskevas KI. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Feb;79(2):450. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.07.067. J Vasc Surg. 2024. PMID: 38245186 No abstract available.