North American Symptomatic
Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators
NEJM
325:445, 1991
“Carotid endarterectomy is highly
beneficial to patients with recent
hemispheric and retinal transient
ischemic attacks or non-disabling
strokes and ipsilateral high-grade
stenosis (70 to 99 percent) of the
internal carotid artery.”