Indications, outcomes, and provider volumes for carotid endarterectomy

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1282-1287

  Cebul, Randall D ^a,d   Snow, Richard J ^a,c   Pine, Richard ^a,c   Hertzer, Norman R ^b   Norris, Donald G ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Peer Review Systems Inc ^*  (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032557160     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.16.1282     Document Type: Article

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