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Risk of death increases with combined heart and stroke prevention surgery

Patients who undergo combined heart bypass surgery and carotid endarterectomy, the most commonly used stroke prevention surgery, significantly increase their chances of death or stroke, according to a study published in the January 16, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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