Do the facts and figures warrant a 10-fold increase in the performance of carotid endarterectomy on asymptomatic patients?

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 603-608

  Barnett, Henry J M ^a,b   Eliasziw, Michael ^a,b   Meldrum, Heather E ^b   Taylor, D Wayne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029873808     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.3.603     Document Type: Review

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