title: Can randomized trial outcomes for carotid endarterectomy be achieved in community-wide practice?
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52246-1086, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Bunch
authors.forename: Timothy F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Kresowik
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003154:Community Medicine / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D018579:Patient Selection; D011379:Prognosis; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014481:United States