The pitfalls of establishing a statewide vascular registry: The South Carolina experience

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 513-519

  Taylor, Spence M ^a   Robison, Jacob G ^b   Langan III, Eugene M ^a   Crane, Martin M ^a,b  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGISTER; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0033056078     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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