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Release Date: February 27, 2010 This content is archived.
An article inThe Wall Street Journal about using metal stents to open neck arteries instead of performing surgery to clear fatty plaque quotes L. Nelson Hopkins, professor and chair of neurology, who said that if physicians are properly trained in stenting procedures, stents are as effective as surgery in preventing strokes.
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