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Current Status in Management of Carotid Disease in Korea

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Stroke is the third cause of death in Korean population. As underlying causes of stroke, ischemic stroke is increasing in its prevalence whereas hemorrhagic stroke is decreasing in Korean patients. Carotid disease is increasingly detected and an important cause of ischemic stroke. We would like to describe the current status in management of carotid disease in Korea.

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  1. Division of Vascular Surgery, Heart, Stroke and Vascular Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Irwon-ro #81, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-710, South Korea

    Young-wook Kim & Seon-Hee Heo

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Kim, Yw., Heo, SH. (2017). Current Status in Management of Carotid Disease in Korea. In: Dardik, A. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33745-6_27

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