Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Urgent Best Medical Therapy May Obviate the Need for Urgent Surgery in Patients With Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis”
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Response to letter regarding article, "Urgent best medical therapy may obviate the need for urgent surgery in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis".
Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Urgent Best Medical Therapy May Obviate the Need for Urgent Surgery in Patients With Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis” We were delighted at the interest from Dr Naylor with regard to our study and appreciate his comments. We are in agreement as regards the need for minimizing delay from first neurological event to initiation of best medical therapy (BMT). That...
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the 30-day outcome after introduction of a rapid carotid endarterectomy (CEA) program. Reasons for delay in CEA and the incidence of early recurrence neurological symptoms were recorded. METHODS This is a prospective population-based study of delays to CEA and 30-day outcome in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis. Neurolog...
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Circulation. 2016;134:186–188. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.022307 186
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.113.003353