Stroke risk can be reduced by carotid surgery or stenting

To reduce the risk of a devastating stroke, each year as many as 100,000 people in the U.S. -- and many more worldwide -- with narrowing in a carotid artery undergo preventive treatment. One procedure, known as carotid endarterectomy, is a surgical operation to remove built-up plaque in the artery of the neck. A less [...]
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