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Is carotid endarterectomy safe in patients over 80 years old?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine volume 2, pages 382–383 (2005)Cite this article

boxed-textMiller MT et al. (2005) Carotid endarterectomy in octogenarians: does increased age indicate “high risk”? J Vasc Surg 41: 231–237

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