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* fit for surgery, if required | * fit for surgery, if required | ||
* no circumstance or condition precluded long-term follow-up | * no circumstance or condition precluded long-term follow-up | ||
* doctor and patient were both substantially uncertain whether to choose immediate CEA or deferral of | * doctor and patient were both substantially uncertain whether to choose immediate CEA or deferral of CEA. | ||
===Exclusion Criteria=== | ===Exclusion Criteria=== | ||
<!-- Ditto for exclusion criteria! --> | These reasons are specified by the physician, not by the protocol<!-- Ditto for exclusion criteria! --> | ||
* | * a small likelihood of benefit: | ||
** a carotid plaque not causing significant stenosis and confers a low risk of stroke | |||
** patients with major life-threatening co-morbidities other than stroke | |||
* a high risk of adverse events of trial treatment such as recent acute myocardial infarction and intra-cerebral tumours or aneurysm. | |||
* re-stenosis following previous CEA | |||
* emboli is likely to be from a cardiac source | |||
===Baseline Characteristics=== | ===Baseline Characteristics=== | ||