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June 3, 2012MSNBC article examines WSU professor's stroke prevention guidelines
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47632772
One in five people who get artery-clearing surgery to prevent a stroke are likely too old and sick to live long enough to benefit from the procedure, according to a new study. Guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology recommend that people have at least a five-year life expectancy if they are to get carotid endarterectomy, a surgery to prevent stroke typically recommended for people who have narrowed blood vessels. "This paper may be useful for reinforcing that message to surgeons," said Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi, a professor of neurology and director of the stroke program at Wayne State University who helped write those guidelines.
One in five people who get artery-clearing surgery to prevent a stroke are likely too old and sick to live long enough to benefit from the procedure, according to a new study. Guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology recommend that people have at least a five-year life expectancy if they are to get carotid endarterectomy, a surgery to prevent stroke typically recommended for people who have narrowed blood vessels. "This paper may be useful for reinforcing that message to surgeons," said Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi, a professor of neurology and director of the stroke program at Wayne State University who helped write those guidelines.
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