Letter by Tomaselli and Holmes regarding article, "2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS guideline on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease".

To the Editor: On January 25, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) convened a meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development …

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