Comparative Effectiveness of Carotid Endarterectomy vs Initial Medical Therapy in Patients With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

This comparative effectiveness study describes the analytical strategy, methods, and results of a target trial emulation examining cohorts of US veterans with carotid stenosis.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  JAMA Neurology

• Publication date

  2020-03-06

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.1427PMID 32478802PMCID 7265126
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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