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Endarterectomy for carotid artery stenosis: Who qualifies?

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Life after stroke: New Zealand guideline for management of stroke

This comprehensive 2003 guideline is written for New Zealand health care delivery system. It summarizes recommendations for the assessment and management of stroke, transient ischemic attacks, and intracerebral hemorrhage in various locales. The utility of carotid endarterectomy for secondary prevention is reviewed. The recommendations are comparable to the American Academy of Neurology.

Source. New Zealand Guidelines Group. Life after stroke. New Zealand guideline for management of stroke. Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Guidelines Group; 2003: 84 pp [164 refs]. Available at: www.nzgg.org.nz/guidelines/0037/Stroke_Summary.pdf.

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