Clinical outcomes for patients at high risk who underwent carotid endarterectomy with regional anesthesia

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 786-792

  Magnadottir, Hulda B ^a   Lightdale, Nina ^a   Harbaugh, Robert E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Outcomes analysis; Perioperative complications; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032835813     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199910000-00011     Document Type: Article

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