An analysis of perioperative surgical mortality and morbidity in the asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis study

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2216-2224

  Young, Byron ^a,d   Moore, Wesley S ^b   Robertson, James T ^c   Toole, James F ^d   Ernst, Calvin B ^e   Cohen, Stanley N ^f   Broderick, Joseph P ^g   Dempsey, Robert J ^a   Hosking, James D ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid endarterectomy; carotid stenosis; clinical trials; complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0030469525     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.12.2216     Document Type: Article

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