Carotid endarterectomy: Results in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-44

  Takach, Thomas J ^a   Ott, David A ^a   Reul, George J ^a   Duncan, J Michael ^a   Livesay, James J ^a   Cooley, Denton A ^a  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid stenosis surgery; cerebral infarction; cerebral ischemia, transient; endarterectomy mortality; risk factors; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029871657     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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