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ACST

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ACST

A clinical trial comparing outcomes for carotid endarterectomy (CEA) to a “wait-and-see” strategy in asymptomatic patients with carotid artery narrowing.
Conclusion The 5-year stroke rate (fatal or disabled) for patients who had undergone CEA was 6.4%, vs. 11.8% in untreated patients.
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ACST emerged later after a conflict between some of the members of the group.
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Half of all strokes in the ACST study were disabling.
Anticipating the recommendations of the ACST report, the government, in its October 2000 Economic Statement and Budget Update committed $100 million to the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to implement a program to support the international costs of Canadian participation in major international research initiatives.
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Pursuant to the agreement entered, Neptune agrees to issue 600,000 common shares from treasury and transfer 2.1M shares of Acasti Pharma (ACST) held by the corporation to the former CEO.
Biopharmaceutical company Acasti Pharma Inc (ACST.V) (TSX VENTURE:ACST) announced on Friday that it has awarded an aggregate of 100,000 incentive stock options to two newly elected independent board directors under its stock option plan.
Carotid endarterectomy halves the 5-year risk of disabling or fatal stroke in patients who are asymptomatic but have carotid stenosis of 70% or more on ultrasound exam, reported Alison Halliday and her associates in the Medical Research Council Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST) Collaborative Group.
The ACST, an ongoing randomized trial involving 3,120 such patients in 30 countries, was designed to be large enough and to have a long enough follow-up (10 years) to determine whether the benefits of carotid endarterectomy exceed the risks in asymptomatic patients.
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