Research from the United States and South Korea provides new surgery data

Study 1: Current study results from the report, "Contemporary outcomes for carotid endarterectomy at a large community-based academic health center," have been published. According to a study from the United States, "The North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) and Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study (ACAS) demonstrated the efficacy of carotid endarterectomy (CEA), but these studies were published 15 and 11 years ago, respectively. We hypothesized that present clinical results of CEA have improved compared with those reported by NASCET/ACAS."

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