"I wouldbeveryhappy if Medicare would put a moratorium on any invasive carotid treatments" in people without stroke symptoms, said Wesley S. Moore, UCLA's chief emeritus of vascular surgery and author of a leading text on vascular and endovascular surgery.
"If I can make a tiny, tiny contribution in that direction, given how historic the system is, I'd beveryhappy and I think my graduate students wouldbe as well, " Bringsjord said.