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The North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial

Stroke · 1999 · Vol. 30(9) · pp. 1751–1758

Gary G. Ferguson✉(University of Toronto)Michael Eliasziw(University of Toronto)Hugh W. K. Barr(University of Toronto)G. Patrick Clagett(Western University)Robert W. Barnes(Robarts Clinical Trials)M. Christopher Wallace(The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)D. Wayne Taylor(Western University)R. Brian Haynes(University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)Jane W. Finan(The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)Vladimir Hachinski(University of Toronto)Henry J.M. Barnett(The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)

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Abstract

The overall rate of perioperative stroke and death was 6.5%, but the rate of permanently disabling stroke and death was only 2.0%. Other surgical complications were rarely clinically important. Carotid endarterectomy is a durable procedure.

Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementMedicineCarotid endarterectomyStroke (engine)PerioperativeSurgeryEndarterectomyCarotid artery diseaseMyocardial infarctionCardiologyCarotid arteries

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AgedCarotid ArteriesCerebrovascular DisordersEndarterectomyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeurosurgeryPostoperative ComplicationsRegression AnalysisRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexVascular Surgical Procedures

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