Race, presenting signs and symptoms, use of carotid artery imaging, and appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1350-1356

  Oddone, Eugene Z ^a,b,c   Horner, Ronnie D ^a,b,c   Sloane, Richard ^a   McIntyre, Lauren ^b   Ward, Aileen ^a   Whittle, Jeff ^e   Passman, Leigh J ^e   Kroupa, Laura ^e   Heaney, Robert ^e   Diem, Susan ^d   Matchar, David ^a,b,c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VAMC ^*

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Cerebrovascular disorders; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032985424     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.7.1350     Document Type: Article

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