1. Occam's razor: Intervene early to prevent more strokes!
A. Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS 
Journal of Vascular Surgery 
Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages (October 2008)
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2. Fig
Strokes prevented per 1000 CEAs at 5 years stratified for; (i) delay from last event to surgery and (ii) day death/stroke risk (recalculated from CETC9-11 and reproduced with permission from AR Naylor and The Surgeon1).
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