Benefit of carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic and asymptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis: a Markov model based on data from randomized controlled trials. Clinical article.

@article{Nagaki2009BenefitOC,
  title={Benefit of carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic and asymptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis: a Markov model based on data from randomized controlled trials. Clinical article.},
  author={Tomohito Nagaki and Koji Sato and Takaaki Yoshida and Yuhei Yoshimoto},
  journal={Journal of neurosurgery},
  year={2009},
  volume={111 5},
  pages={
          970-7
        }
}
OBJECT Several major randomized controlled trials of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with both symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis have addressed the net effects of CEA on the risk of stroke. However, because the risk of stroke among patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis is relatively low, whether to treat their stenosis with CEA remains an important public health issue. METHODS The authors constructed a Markov model to evaluate the effectiveness of CEA. In… 
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