Best Medical Treatment For Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: Essential, But Not Always Adequate for Stroke Prevention

The pragmatic study by Constancio Oliveira et al1 provides proof that it may be inappropriate to assume that the results of prospective studies, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, and systematic reviews/meta-analyses,2,3 apply to real-life conditions. This may be due to several reasons, such as:

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - June 23, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Kosmas I. Paraskevas Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research