Cumulative stroke and survival ten years after carotid endarterectomy.

With the life-table method, late stroke and survival data were calculated for 329 patients (mean age 59 years) followed a minimum of 10 years after carotid endarterectomy. The cumulative incidence of stroke was 24% at 10 years after operation, but only 10% of patients sustained strokes that clearly involved the ipsilateral cerebral hemisphere. Late strokes were most common (p less than or equal to 0.

Identity of the filterable hemolytic anemia agent of Sacks with Haemobartonella muris.

Moore, D. H. (The Rockefeller University, New York, N.