Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 04:49
in Health & Medicine
PHILADELPHIA -- Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis -- the narrowing of the carotid artery -- is associated
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