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Variations in rates of appropriate and inappropriate carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention in 4 Canadian provinces

BACKGROUND: Carotid endarterectomy (CE), when performed on appropriate patients, reduces the incidence of stroke, yet there are marked variations in rates of this procedure. We sought to determine reasons for the variation in CE rates in 4 Canadian provinces. METHODS: We identified all CEs performed...

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Auteurs principaux: Kennedy, James, Quan, Hude, Ghali, William A., Feasby, Thomas E.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Canadian Medical Association 2004
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC514641/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15337725
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040170
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