Is Canadian cardiac surgeons' management of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis at coronary artery bypass supported by the literature? Survey and a critical appraisal the literature

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-103

  Palerme, Louis P ^a   Hill, Andrew B ^a,b   Obrand, Daniel ^a   Steinmetz, Oren K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CANADA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034076960     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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