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Edited by R.M. Greenhalgh and L.H. Hollier. 420 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1993. $135. ISBN 0-7020-1759-0.

With the recent publication of several well-designed, prospective, randomized, multicenter studies demonstrating the benefit of carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic high-grade carotid-artery disease, this book is both timely and thought-provoking. The title is slightly misleading, since the book discusses only carotid-artery surgery and fails to mention vertebral-artery surgery, extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery, or other intracranial revascularization procedures for cerebral ischemia. However, the editors have done an excellent job of exploring the important issues concerning the selection and preoperative evaluation of patients and the timing, techniques, and efficacy of carotid endarterectomy.

The book is divided into nine sections dealing with the history of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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