Contemporary Carotid Stenting
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Contemporary Carotid Stenting
Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is a theme that will play an increasingly important role in the discourse of medical care. The Institute of Medicine defines CER as “the generation and synthesis of evidence that compares the benefits and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor a clinical condition or to improve the delivery of care” (1). Most commonly, CER ...
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عنوان ژورنال: JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1936-8798
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.10.015