Carotid endarterectomy: Recent controversies

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-215

  Yamada, Kazuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic cases; Carotid endarterectomy; Endvascular stent; Restenosis; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031944852     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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