Benefit of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic moderate or severe stenosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1415-1425

  Barnett, Henry J M ^a,c   Taylor, D Wayne ^b   Eliasziw, Michael ^a,c   Fox, Allan J ^c   Ferguson, Gary G ^c   Haynes, R Brian ^b   Rankin, Richard N ^c   Clagett, G Patrick ^d   Hachinski, Vladimir C ^c   Sackett, David L ^e   Thorpe, Kevin E ^b   Meldrum, Heather E ^a   Spence, J David ^c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032511955     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199811123392002     Document Type: Article

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