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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the author's clinical recommendations.

A 64-year-old man with a history of smoking and hypercholesterolemia has a sudden, transient loss of vision in his left eye. He reports a prior episode during which he had difficulty speaking and mild weakness of the right hand. The results of an examination are normal except for a bruit in the left side of the neck. He is found to have . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Clinical Problem

Strategies and Evidence

Carotid Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis

Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

Areas of Uncertainty

Guidelines

Conclusions and Recommendations

Source Information

From the Department of Neurology, Division of Epidemiology, of the Mailman School of Public Health and the Sergievsky Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Sacco at the Neurological Institute, 710 W. 168th St., New York, NY 10032, or at rls1@columbia.edu.

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