Epidemiology of carotid endarterectomy among medicare beneficiaries: 1985-1996 update

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 346-350

  Hsia, David C ^a   Moscoe, Linda M ^b   Krushat, W Mark ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Cerebral ischemia; Elderly; Mortality; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0031933953     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.2.346     Document Type: Article

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