title: Letter to the editor: asymptomatic carotid stenosis--more misunderstandings in the expectation of a surgical benefit.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbott
mesh_terms: D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome