Racial and gender differences in outcome after carotid endarterectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 527-592

  Rigdon, Edward E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031811365     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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