Key result
Carotid endarterectomy provides no overall benefit in patients with recently symptomatic moderate (30-69%) carotid stenosis.
Why the study?
Does carotid endarterectomy provide overall benefit in patients with recently symptomatic moderate (30-69%) carotid stenosis?
Does carotid endarterectomy provide overall benefit in patients with recently symptomatic moderate (30-69%) carotid stenosis?
Carotid endarterectomy provides no overall benefit for patients with recently symptomatic moderate (30-69%) carotid stenosis.
No overall benefit from carotid endarterectomy in recently symptomatic moderate stenosis; leaves open need for randomized confirmation before practice change.
P. M. ROTHWELL, C. P. WARLOW; Carotid endarterectomy in patients with recently symptomatic moderate (30–69%) carotid stenosis: no overall benefit, European Hear
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Rothwell et al. (1997) studied this question. Carotid endarterectomy provides no overall benefit in patients with recently symptomatic moderate (30-69%) carotid stenosis.
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